A Meta-Analysis of Blood Pressure Disparities Among Sexual Minority Men.

The aim was to review and summarize reports on three measures of elevated blood pressure (BP) among sexual minority men (encompassing men who have sex with men [MSM] and both men and women [MSMW]), using men who have sex with women (MSW) as the reference population. Crude prevalence rates were calculated, and a meta-analysis was conducted to summarize the likelihood of elevated BP history, antihypertensive medication use, and elevated BP above a cutoff value, as well as the mean differences (MDs) in systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) measurements. We used random effects to generate estimates with their respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs); alpha was set at 0.