Skin color and education effects on blood pressure.
American Journal of Public HealthPublished 1 May 1981Open access
Julian Keil, Samuel H. Sandifer, C B Loadholt, E Boyle
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It is suggested that skin color may be a secondary (non-causal) associate of blood pressure in Blacks.
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This study reports that education effects but not skin color effects were associated with blood pressure and the incidence of hypertension in a cohort of Black females in Charleston, South Carolina, observed over the period 1960-1975. The authors suggest that skin color may be a secondary (non-causal) associate of blood pressure in Blacks.
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