Why African-Americans are more prone to suffer from high blood pressure than the rest of the population?

Question

I heard that it is because among their ancestors who were deported from Africa to the Carribeen, the survival rate was higher for those with that problem.

Any clue?

Answer 1

Suite à l'histoire de l'esclavage tout simplement.

Answer 2

Diet

Answer 3

their bodies were able to retain salt on the slave ships in the middle passage,it was explained on Ophrah in a language the common man could understand

Answer 4

McKFC.

Answer 5

Lack of inhalation Of carbon dioxide soda pop MC Donald's french fries Ho Ho's and Twinkies.

Answer 6

They tend have have higher homeostatic uric acid levels in their blood, which increases the risk of gout, and is a factor in high blood pressure. I have very low uric acid, and in spite of being a total porker I have very low blood pressure. There are probably other factors.

Answer 7

This appears to be a genetic thing associated with one of the clades of MtDNA L2.  L2 (the predominate West African MtDNA) may be divided into L2a, L2b, L2c & L2d.  For some reason most African Americans are of L2 MtDNA, thus many are genetically predisposed to hypertension.  Several genetic sequences of European & even Japanese are also genetically predisposed to have high blood presure... however, we didn't get most Europeans from one location in Europe.  

This is a complicated thing & several genes can predispose a person to develop high blood pressure... or Hypotension, a low blood pressure that causes a person to black out when standing up quickly.