Impact of Social Vulnerability on Diabetes-Related Cardiovascular Mortality in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Background Social vulnerability impacts the natural history of diabetes as well as cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, there are little data regarding the social vulnerability association with diabetes-related CVD mortality. Methods and Results County-level mortality data (where CVD was the underlying cause of death with diabetes among the multiple causes) extracted from the Centers for Disease Control multiple cause of death (2015-2019) and the 2018 Social Vulnerability Index databases were aggregated into quartiles based on their Social Vulnerability Index ranking from the least (first quartile) to the most vulnerable (fourth quartile). Stratified by demographic groups, the data were analyzed for overall CVD, as well as for ischemic heart disease, hypertensive disease, heart failure,

SUBMITTER: Bashar H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10727374 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature