A Researcher Is Conducting Some of the First Health Investigations

Multiple Choice

A researcher is conducting some of the first health investigations in a society that has not yet been widely studied.There is a minority group that experiences considerable discrimination and social disadvantage and that also has higher rates of hypertension than the majority.Based on existing research, what is the most plausible hypothesis?

A) Discrimination against people in this minority group leads to poor-quality medical care for people at risk for hypertension.
B) Discrimination against people in this minority group leads to stress that in turn creates risk for hypertension.
C) Discrimination against people in this minority group leads to selective pressure on the genes responsible for hypertension.
D) Discrimination against people in this minority group leads physicians to incorrectly overdiagnose hypertension.
E) Discrimination against people in this minority group interacts with genes predisposing people to stress to increase rates of hypertension.