Untreated and uncontrolled blood pressure in young-to-middle age hypertensive patients are linked to a perception of good health and lack of need to regularly see a doctor, particularly among Black men, a US study reveals.

The findings could help explain why hypertension control rates in the USA remain lower in Black than White individuals, particularly among those under the age of 65 years.

Ronald Victor (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA) and colleagues studied 1514 hypertensive patients, aged 18 to 64 years, living in Dallas County, Texas, from 2000 to 2002. ...

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