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African Americans have a higher risk of hypertension compared with other racial or ethnic groups in the U.S. A new study finds that lifetime discrimination is a chronic stressor in African Americans that may increase the risk for high blood pressure.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/aha-ldm062920.php

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14492

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