Implications of ethnicity for the treatment of hypertensive kidney disease, with an emphasis on African Americans

The blood-pressure response to antihypertensive medications varies between ethnic groups. Whether ethnicity determines the outcomes of patients with hypertensive kidney disease is less clear. Here, authors from the US examine key ethnic variations in hypertensive chronic kidney disease and proffer their pharmacologic and lifestyle recommendations for blood-pressure control in this setting, with an emphasis on African Americans. The authors highlight the need for adequate representation of minority populations in future studies, in order to improve the evidence base for these recommendations.