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DESCRIPTION:Session: Veteran's Caucus Poster Session 4 Program: Veterans C
 aucus Presenter: Carol Oladele\, PhD\, MPH Abstract Hypertension is a maj
 or source of morbidity among Veterans. This study examined differences in
  hypertension between foreign-born (FB) and US-born (USB) Veterans.Data f
 rom the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Corporate Data Warehouse (CD
 W) was used. We included Veterans who received VHA services between 2001 
 and 2017 and were free of hypertension in 2001. Place of birth was extrac
 ted to categorize Veterans as FB or USB. Hypertension was defined using I
 CD-10 codes. Person-years were estimated from the date of the index VHA v
 isit to the date of diagnosis of hypertension. Poisson regression models 
 were used to estimate incidence rate ratios and 95% confidence intervals.
  Log-linear models compared hypertension incidence between FB and USB Vet
 erans adjusting for demographic and clinical covariates. The sample inclu
 ded 576\,495 Veterans after excluding those without place of birth data. 
 FB Veterans were younger on average\, less likely to be current smokers a
 nd obese compared to USB Veterans. FB Veterans had lower incidence of hyp
 ertension compared to USB Veterans\, except for White Veterans who had si
 milar rates. Incidence rates were highest among USB Black Veterans (7830 
 per 100\,000) followed by FB Black (5410 per 100\,000) and USB White Vete
 rans (3960 per 100\,000). Age-specific rate ratios showed younger FB Vete
 rans had higher risk of hypertension compared to USB Veterans. Adjusted l
 ogistic regression results FB Black and Hispanic Veterans had greater odd
 s of hypertension compared with USB Black and Hispanic Veterans. Disaggre
 gating VHA data can be useful to inform initiatives to achieve equitable 
 cardiovascular health among diverse Veteran groups.\n\nSpeaker:\nCarol Ol
 adele\n\nAdmission:\nRegistrationFees: APHA Event Registration is Require
 d\n\nDetails URL:\nhttps://medicine.yale.edu/event/place-of-birth-and-inc
 ident-hypertension-among-us-and-foreign-born-veterans/\n
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LOCATION:1301 2nd Avenue South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, United States
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SUMMARY:2:30pm - 3:30pm (CDT) | 4206.0 - Place of birth and incident hyper
 tension among US- and foreign-born veterans
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