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Impact of Comorbidities on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension in the United States

Table 2

Hypertension prevalence in a sample of community-based United States residents, National Health Interview Survey.
Race/ethnicity HypertensiveNonhypertensive df
Number%Number%(393.0)(3)(<0.001)
Caucasians5,552 27.5 14,617 72.5 ———
Hispanics1,009 18.6 4,407 81.4———
African Americans1,481 35.5 2,687 64.5 ———
Others20118.389881.7———
Crude and unadjusted prevalence (percentage) of hypertension. df: degrees of freedom. : chi square.