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Black men have higher rates of hypertension than men of other ethnic groups, but what does being raised in a single-parent home have to do with this fact?

Research from a long-term Howard University Family Study reveals that black men raised in single-parent households could have higher blood pressure as adults than those who grew up in two-parent homes.

The study, which examined data from 515 men participating in the HUFS and the first of its kind to link the living arrangements of children to adult pressure in black men, found:

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Men who lived with both parents during one or more years of their childhoods had 4.4 mm Hg lower systolic (top number) blood pressure than those raised entirely in single-parent homes.

The Surprising Health Risk For Black Men Raised By Single ParentsĀ  was originally published on blackdoctor.org

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