Exercise training favourably affects autonomic and blood pressure responses during mental and physical stressors in African-American men

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine if central anthropometric variables that best estimate blood pressure risks in European Americans also best estimate blood pressure risks in African Americans.Design: The participants were 357 normotensive African and European American volunteers with a mean age of 32.6 ± 12.4 years. Participants were evaluated for central adiposity with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, abdomen and thigh skinfolds, waist and hip circumferences, waist/hip ratio, waist/height ratio, body mass index, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Descriptive statistics, partial correlations, ANOVA and stepwise regressions were used to analyze the data.Results: Central adiposity anthropometric indices made different contributions to blood pressure in African and European American men and women. When weight was held constant, waist circumference shared stronger partial relationships with blood pressure in African Americans (r = .30 to .47) than in European Americans (r = .11 to .32). Waist circumference in combination with other indices was a predictor of systolic and diastolic blood pressures in European American men (P<.05) but only a predictor for diastolic blood pressure in African American men and women (P<.01). Hip circumference was the only predictor for systolic blood pressure (P<.01) in African American men and women.Conclusions: Further research on the relative contributions of central anthropometric indices to blood pressure in African and European Americans is warranted. A better understanding of this relationship may help reduce hypertensive morbidity and mortality disparities between African and European Americans. Ethn Dis. 2020;30(2):349-356; doi:10.18865/ed.30.2.349

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Recruitment of African American Men Into a Community-Based Exercise Training Trial: The ARTIIS Study

10.4135/9781529713459 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Chelsea Hendrick ◽

Blake Esch ◽

Melissa Harris ◽

Timothy Church ◽

Robert Newton

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Exercise Training ◽

Training Trial ◽

African American Men ◽

Community Based

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A Randomized Community-based Exercise Training Trial in African American Men

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ◽

10.1249/mss.0000000000002149 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

pp. 408-416 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ROBERT L. NEWTON ◽

WILLIAM D. JOHNSON ◽

SANDRA LARRIVEE ◽

CHELSEA HENDRICK ◽

MELISSA HARRIS ◽

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Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Exercise Training ◽

Training Trial ◽

African American Men ◽

Community Based

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Weight Status and High Blood Pressure Among Low-Income African American Men

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/1557988310385447 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 255-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Marino A. Bruce ◽

Bettina M. Beech ◽

Christopher L. Edwards ◽

Mario Sims ◽

Isabel Scarinci ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

African American ◽

High Blood Pressure ◽

Low Income ◽

Regression Models ◽

Weight Status ◽

African American Men ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Biological Risk Factor ◽

West Tennessee

Obesity is a biological risk factor or comorbidity that has not received much attention from scientists studying hypertension among African American men. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between weight status and high blood pressure among African American men with few economic resources. The authors used surveillance data collected from low-income adults attending community- and faith-based primary care clinics in West Tennessee to estimate pooled and group-specific regression models of high blood pressure. The results from group-specific logistic regression models indicate that the factors associated with hypertension varied considerably by weight status. This study provides a glimpse into the complex relationship between weight status and high blood pressure status among African American men. Additional research is needed to identify mechanisms through which excess weight affects the development and progression of high blood pressure.

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