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Hypertension

A test was done on a hypotheses on African American and hypertension (high blood pressure) The hypotheses concentrated on the excretion of sodium in urine and the excessive amounts. A research team developed a protocol to look at the difference stress and sodium pay on African American and Caucasians. According to the American Heart Association, high blood pressure is much higher in African American than Caucasians. The American Heart Association states that it has no clear identifiable cause on why this is true.
The American Heart Association feels that hypertension may come from stress however, it is not clear about this. According to Heart Disease Weekly most studies have used "reactive hypothesis" to help find the reasons behind the difference. In the hypotheses, there is an assumption, that African American exhibit out of proportion blood pressure when exposed to stress.
The study shows that stress produced vascular damage which cause the development premature hypertension....

Posted by: Anthony Pacella

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