Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors in Western Alaska Native People: The Western Alaska Tribal Collaborative for Health ( WATCH) Study

• Published in: The Journal of Clinical Hypertension
• Main Authors: Jolly, Stacey E., Koller, Kathryn R., Metzger, Jesse S., Day, Gretchen M., Silverman, Angela, Hopkins, Scarlett E., Austin, Melissa A., Boden‐Albala, Bernadette, Ebbesson, Sven O. E., Boyer, Bert B., Howard, Barbara V., Umans, Jason G.
• Other Authors: National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Norton Sound; Yukon; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12483; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjch.12483; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jch.12483

Hypertension is a common chronic disease and a key risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease. The Western Alaska Tribal Collaborative for Health study consolidates baseline data from four major cohorts residing in the Norton Sound and Yukon‐Kuskokwim regions of western Alaska. This co...