With which of the following clients is the nurse alert for the possibility of hypertension and coronary artery disease?
A. 50-year-old white man with asthma
B. 60-year-old Asian American woman with breast cancer
C. 45-year-old African American man with diabetes mellitus
D. 65-year-old white woman on estrogen hormone replacement therapy
C
The incidence of coronary artery disease and hypertension is higher in African Americans than in whites or Asian Americans. Diabetes mellitus increases the risk for hypertension and coronary artery disease in people of any race or ethnicity.
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