Annals of internal medicine
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Systematic review: antihypertensive drug therapy in black patients.
Hypertension occurs more frequently and is generally more severe in black persons than in white persons, leading to excess morbidity and mortality. ⋯ Drugs differ in their efficacy for reducing blood pressure in black patients, but there is no solid evidence that efficacy for reducing morbidity and mortality outcomes differs once patients achieve the blood pressure goal.