Association of neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage and Life's Essential 8 in early pregnancy.

ABSTRACT: We examined whether neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage per the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) was associated with maternal cardiovascular health (CVH) in early pregnancy per the American Heart Association Life's Essential 8 (LE8). This is a cross-sectional analysis from the prospective Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study-Monitoring Mothers-to-Be Heart Health Study (nuMoM2b-HHS) cohort. The exposure was the ADI in tertiles (T) from least (T1) to most (T3) socioeconomic disadvantage. The outcome was the LE8 as a continuous score ranging from worst (0) to best (100) composite CVH; and included physical activity, diet quality, tobacco use, sleep quantity, body mass index, blood pressure, glucose, and lipid levels. Among 4,508 nulliparous individuals at a mean maternal age of 27.0 yea

SUBMITTER: Venkatesh KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11750432 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature