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Article: LVH risk is higher among African American children.(CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- May 15, 2009
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BALTIMORE -- In 139 children who had primary hypertension, the risk for left ventricular hypertrophy was even greater for African Americans than for non-African Americans in a cross-sectional review.
The children, aged 3-21 years, after being evaluated for hypertension at one of three tertiary medical centers between 1997 and 2005, were ultimately diagnosed with primary hypertension and underwent echocardiography. The overall prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) was 42% in the entire group. Of the 35 African American children, 21 (60%) had LVH, compared with 38 (37%) of the 104 non African American children. The difference was statistically ...