Supermarket Proximity and Risk of Hypertension, Diabetes, and CKD: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Living in environments with low access to food may increase the risk of chronic diseases. We investigated the association of household distance to the nearest supermarket (as a measure of food access) with the incidence of hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a metropolitan area of the United States.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting & participants

777,994 individuals without hypertension, diabetes, or CKD at baseline within the HealthLNK Data Repository, which contains electronic health records from 7 health care institutions in Chicago, Illinois.

Exposure

Zip code-level average distance between households and nearest supermarket.

Outcome

Incidence of hypertension, diabetes, and CKD based on pr

SUBMITTER: Garg G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10286129 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature