Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in analysis
Author | Year | Ethnic group (Location) | Country | Study Design | Setting | Disparity measure | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agyemang | 2010 | South East Asian Indians vs. Afro-Caribbean in England and Netherlands | United Kingdom, Netherlands | Cross-sectional study | Population-based | Ethnicity | Prevalence of HTN |
Agyemang | 2012 | Caucasians and Afro-Caribbean | United Kingdom | Cross-sectional | Population-based | Age | Prevalence of HTN |
Baskar | 2006 | Afro-Caribbean vs. Caucasians vs. Indo-Asians | United Kingdom | Cross-sectional | Population-based | Ethnicity | Prevalence of HTN and complications |
Birns | 2008 | Caucasians vs. Black African origin | United Kingdom | Cross-sectional study | Hospital based | Ethnicity | Complications from HTN |
Chaturvedi | 1993 | European Whites vs. Afro-Caribbeans | United Kingdom | Cross-sectional | Clinic-based | Ethnicity | Prevalence of HTN |
Chaturvedi | 2004 | Afro-Caribbean vs. European (UK) | United Kingdom | Cross-sectional | Community-clinic based | Ethnicity | Prevalence of HTN complications |
Conway | 2003 | Afro-Caribbean vs. European vs. South Asian | United Kingdom | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | Ethnicity | Prevalence of HTN and Atherosclerotic Vascular disease |
Cooper | 1997 | West Africa (Nigeria and Cameroon) vs. Caribbean (Jamaica, St. Lucia, Barbados) vs. the U.S. (metropolitan Chicago, Illinois) | U.S., Caribbean | Cross-sectional | Population-based | Ethnicity | Prevalence of HTN and its related risk factors |
Cruickshank | 2001 | African (urban vs. rural) vs. Caucasian (urban vs. rural) | United Kingdom, Jamaica | Cross-sectional study | Population-based | Ethnicity, Geographic location | Prevalence of HTN |
Fang | 1996 | NE whites vs. South blacks vs. NE blacks vs. Caribbean blacks | United States | Cross-sectional | Community-based | Ethnicity, Geographic location, and Sex | Mortality from HTN |
Ferguson | 2011 | Caribbean blacks | Jamaica | Cross-sectional | Community-based | Sex, and Age | Prevalence of HTN |
Gulliford | 2004 | Afro-Trinidadian vs. Indo-Trinidadian vs. mixed vs. other | Trinidad and Tobago | Cross-sectional | Community-based | Socioeconomic Status and Sex | Prevalence of HTN |
Lane | 2002 | African-Caribbean vs. Caucasians vs. South-Asians | United Kingdom | Cross-sectional | Population-based | Age, Ethnicity, and Sex | Prevalence of HTN |
Markus | 2007 | Whites vs. Black individuals | United Kingdom | Cross-sectional | Clinic-based | Ethnicity | Prevalence of HTN |
Mendez | 2003 | Blacks | Jamaica | Cross-sectional | Population-based | Socioeconomic status, and Sex | Prevalence of HTN |
Miller | 1996 | African ancestry vs. African-European ancestry vs. Indian ancestry | Trinidad and Tobago | Cohort study | Population-based | Ethnicity and Sex; BMI | Incidence of HTN |
Molokhia | 2000 | Afro-Caribbean | United Kingdom | Cross-sectional | Clinic-based | Ethnicity | Prevalence of HTN |
Molokhia | 2011 | Afro-Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Cohort study | Population-based | Sex | Prevalence of HTN |
Morris | 2011 | Black vs mixed | Jamaica | Cross sectional | Population based | Geographic location | Prevalence of HTN |
Sedgwick | 2003 | African blacks and Caribbean blacks | United Kingdom | Cross sectional | Clinic-based | Ethnicity | Prevalence of HTN among persons with Diabetes |
Stewart | 2002 | African-Caribbean | United Kingdom | Cross sectional | Clinic-based (secondary data analysis) | Socioeconomic status (education/school leaving age) | Prevalence of HTN |