Social and economic factors and black-white disparities in cardiovascular health: A decomposition analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular health (CVH) in Black adults, and particularly in Black women, has lagged behind White adults for decades and contributes to higher mortality rates for Black adults. We quantified the contribution of five social and economic factors to observed racial disparities in CVH by gender.

Methods

We analyzed data from N = 8,019 adults aged ≥20 years free of cardiovascular disease assessed in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2018. Social and economic factors included self-reported education, income, employment, food security, and marital status. CVH was measured using eight behavioral and clinical indicators. We utilized Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to quantify gendered racial differences in CVH accounted for by these facto

SUBMITTER: Fields ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448210 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature