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Hispanic People at Risk for Heart Disease Going Untreated – WebMD
Even after suffering a stroke, many Hispanic Americans still have uncontrolled diabetes, high blood pressure or other conditions that raise their risk of a repeat…
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The older patients were, for example, the less likely they were to have their high blood pressure or diabetes under control. That might point to problems with adhering to medication or lifestyle advice, Testai speculated, or possibly to lower-quality health care compared to younger patients.
In addition, patients who’d lived in the United States longer tended to have poorer diabetes control.
One potential explanation is that those patients had more exposure to the typical U.S. diet, and…
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