Alarming levels of a major hypertension risk have been found among Indigenous people in Australia's Top End, in a first-of-its-kind study. Associate Professor Jun Yang has previously established that a hormonal condition called primary aldosteronism (PA) is a significant but frequently undiagnosed cause of high blood pressure (hypertension), however there is no data on PA in Australian First Nations communities.
with Prof Gurmeet Singh from Menzies School of Health Research, Dr. Yang and her team were able to test for PA in established cohorts of young people, Australian First Nations communities and non-Indigenous people living in the Northern Territory. Their results are published in the latest edition of theA/Prof Yang believes the results were concerning in themselves, but also potentially open a window into broader issues of public health for Australian First Nations people.
"We found positive tests for PA in over a quarter of the urban-residing participants of the Cohort studies who were tested.
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