Nemours Foundation: Research Study - Areas of Greater Socioeconomic Disadvantage Linked to 60% Greater Likelihood of a Primary Hypertension in Youth
March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023
WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 16 -- Nemours Foundation issued the following news release on March 15, 2023:
Children living in the most disadvantaged communities have a 60 percent greater likelihood of being diagnosed with primary hypertension, the leading risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease later in life, according to the first U.S. study of its kind, led by researchers at Nemours Children's Health and published today in JAMA Network Open.
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Children living in the most disadvantaged communities have a 60 percent greater likelihood of being diagnosed with primary hypertension, the leading risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease later in life, according to the first U.S. study of its kind, led by researchers at Nemours Children's Health and published today in JAMA Network Open.
"The relatio . . .