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Why are african americans at higher risk of blood pressure?
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Genetic: It's genetically determined for them to be prone to hypertension than other races. Why? - no good answer to this question. Unfortunately, hypertension is not the only disease aa are more susceptible to than other races.
Answered 8/11/2013
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