Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 15-25 , January 2011

Trends in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control in Older Mexican Americans, 1993–2005

  • Majd Al Ghatrif, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
    • Longitudinal Studies Section, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Majd Al Ghatrif, MD, Department of Internal Medicine\Union Memorial Hospital, 201 E. University Pkwy, Baltimore, MD 21218. Tel.: (409) 370-5345; Fax: (410) 554-2184.
    • ,
  • Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston
    • Preventive Medicine and Community Health, UTMB
    • Division of Geriatrics/Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB
    • ,
  • Soham Al Snih, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston
    • Division of Geriatrics/Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB
    • Rehabilitation Sciences Division, UTMB
    • ,
  • Mukaila A. Raji, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics/Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB
    • ,
  • Laura A. Ray, MPA

      Affiliations

    • Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston
    • Preventive Medicine and Community Health, UTMB
    • ,
  • Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston
    • Preventive Medicine and Community Health, UTMB
    • Division of Geriatrics/Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB

Received 27 January 2010 ,Accepted 21 June 2010.

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 The research reported in this manuscript was funded in whole or in part by NIH funding and is subject to the NIH public access policy, Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008). The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston previously obtained non-exclusive rights in this manuscript that allow the final peer-reviewed manuscript to be submitted to the NIH upon acceptance for publication, including all modifications from the peer review process, to be made available to the public in PubMed Central as soon as possible but no later than 12 months after the official date of publication.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.06.002

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 15-25 , January 2011

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