Racial Disparities in Obesity-Related Cardiovascular Mortality in the United States: Temporal Trends From 1999 to 2020.

ABSTRACT: Background Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, with differential impact across populations. This descriptive epidemiologic study outlines trends and disparities in obesity-related cardiovascular mortality in the US population between 1999 and 2020. Methods and Results The Multiple Cause of Death database was used to identify adults with primary cardiovascular death and obesity recorded as a contributing cause of death. Cardiovascular deaths were grouped into ischemic heart disease, heart failure, hypertensive disease, cerebrovascular disease, and other. Absolute, crude, and age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) were calculated by racial group, considering temporal trends and variation by sex, age, and residence (urban versus rural). Analysis of 281 135 obesity-related

SUBMITTER: Raisi-Estabragh Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10547286 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature