INTRODUCTION A random blood pressure checking of patients from New York and from Canada was studied in order to learn more about the diversity in hypertension episodes in different ethnic populations. In a previous study (1,2) it was concluded that the susceptibility of getting hypertension was greater in the African American ethnic group compared to the same age group in the white non-Hispanic or Hispanic population. Due to the small number of the study population, we were unable to prove significance in these findings. However, we are planning to continue the study with a larger number of participants. The Canadian component of the study population included uniquely non-Hispanic whites.
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