Association Between Neighborhood-Level Social Vulnerability and Hypertension Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neighborhood-level social vulnerability is associated with hypertension prevalence and severity and with cardiovascular complications in conditions other than hypertension, but its association with cardiovascular complications in patients with hypertension is understudied.

Objectives

The aim of the study was to examine how the neighborhood-level social vulnerability index (SVI) influences cardiovascular outcomes in a large, diverse cohort of patients with hypertension.

Methods

We used electronic health data to examine the association between census tract-level rankings for the SVI with a composite endpoint of incident myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or stroke.

Results

In a longitudinal cohort of 330,972 patients with hypertension fol

SUBMITTER: Brush JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12272890 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature