Social and psychosocial determinants of racial and ethnic differences in cardiovascular health: The MASALA and MESA studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social and psychosocial determinants are associated with cardiovascular health (CVH).

Objectives

To quantify the contributions of social and psychosocial factors to racial/ethnic differences in CVH.

Methods

In the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America cohorts, Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition quantified the contributions of social and psychosocial factors to differences in mean CVH score (range 0-14) in Black, Chinese, Hispanic, or South Asian compared with White participants.

Results

Among 7,978 adults (mean age 61 [SD 10] years, 52 % female), there were 1,892 Black (mean CVH score for decomposition analysis 7.96 [SD 2.1]), 804 Chinese (CVH 9.69 [1.8]), 1,496 Hispanic (CVH 8.00

SUBMITTER: Shah NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10844663 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature