Associations Between Health-Related Social Needs and Cardiovascular Health Among US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unfavorable health-related social needs (HRSNs) have the potential to worsen health and well-being and drive health disparities. Its associations with cardiovascular health (CVH), assessed by Life's Essential 8, have not been comprehensively examined among US adults.

Methods and results

We used the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011 to March 2020 data for adults aged ≥20 years. We grouped Life's Essential 8 scores as low (0-49), moderate (50-79), and high (80-100) CVH. We identified 8 unfavorable HRSNs and assigned a value of 1 for the unfavorable status of each. The number of unfavorable HRSNs was summed and ranged from 0 to 8, with higher numbers indicating more unfavorable HRSNs. We used multivariable linear and multinomial logistic regressio

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681567 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature