List the risk factors for developing hypertension. What risk factors does Mrs. Moore currently have? Discuss the contribution of ethnicity to hypertension, especially for African Americans
What will be an ideal response?
• Overweight or obesity
• Smoking/second-hand smoke
• Physical inactivity
• Excessive salt consumption
• Too little potassium and vitamin D
• Low intakes of potassium, magnesium, and calcium
• Excessive alcohol consumption
• Stress
• Race or ethnicity (African American, Hispanic) African Americans (43% for males and 45.7% for females), Filipinos, and South Asians have a higher prevalence of hypertension; Mexican American have lower reported rates
• Genetics
• Aging
• Certain chronic diseases: diabetes, kidney disease, sleep apnea, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis
• Mrs. Moore risk factors include:
- Family history
- African American ancestry
- Excessive salt consumption
- Alcohol consumption (although not excessive)
- Overweight
- Smoker (quit 1 year ago)
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