African-Americans Now Five Times the National Average for Extremely High Blood Pressure Rates And Are At A Much Higher Risk Than Any Other Group for Blood Pressure Emergencies
A new Rutgers University study, recently published in the journal, Blood Pressure, rings the alarm that extremely high blood pressure, often classified as hypertensive emergencies, the type that can lead to strokes, heart attacks, and acute kidney damage, are five times more likely to occur in African-American, inner-city populations, than in any other group in …