Researcher at University of Chicago Publishes New Data on Hypertension (The Role of Health Insurance Type and Clinic Visit on Hypertension Status Among Multiethnic Chicago Residents): Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions – Hypertension

2023 NOV 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on hypertension. According to news originating from Chicago, Illinois, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “To investigate the joint relationship of health insurance and clinic visit with hypertension among underserved populations. Population-based cohort study.”

Financial supporters for this research include National Institutes of Health; Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chicago Medical Center.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from University of Chicago: “Subjects: Data from 1092 participants from the Chicago Multiethnic Prevention and Surveillance Study (COMPASS) between 2013 and 2020 were analyzed. Measures: Five health insurance types were included: uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare, private, and other. Clinic visit over past 12 months were retrieved from medical records and categorized into 4 groups: no clinic visit, 1-3 visits, 4-7 visits, >7 visits. Analysis: Inverse-probability weighted logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for hypertension status according to health insurance and clinic visit. Models were adjusted for individual socio-demographic variables and medical history. The study population was predominantly Black (>85%) of low socioeconomic status. Health insurance was not associated with more clinic visit. Measured hypertension was more frequently found in private insurance (OR = 6.48, 95% CI: 1.92-21.85) compared to the uninsured group, while 1-3 clinic visits were associated with less prevalence (OR = .59, 95% CI: .35-1.00) compared to no clinic visit. These associations remained unchanged when health insurance and clinic visit were adjusted for each other.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “In this study population, private insurance was associated with higher measured hypertension prevalence compared to no insurance. The associations of health insurance and clinic visit were independent of each other.”

For more information on this research see: The Role of Health Insurance Type and Clinic Visit on Hypertension Status Among Multiethnic Chicago Residents. American Journal of Health Promotion, 2023. The publisher for American Journal of Health Promotion is SAGE Publications.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171231209674.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Jiajun Luo, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States. Additional authors for this research include William I. Krakowka, Andrew Craver, Elizabeth Connellan, Jaime King, Muhammad G. Kibriya, Jayant Pinto, Tamar Polonsky, Karen Kim, Habibul Ahsan, Briseis Aschebrook-Kilfoy.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the author of this research: Jiajun Luo (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5335-879X).

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