Racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cardiovascular health: evidence of the role of social disadvantage from NHANES 2013-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The loss of cardiovascular health (CVH)-a strong predictor of future health-begins early in life and disproportionately affects racial/ethnic minorities. We sought to quantify the contribution of household disadvantage to racial/ethnic disparities in CVH among US youth.

Methods

We analyzed data from 6690 youth (60.3% non-Hispanic White [NHW], 14.9% non-Hispanic Black [NHB], and 24.8% Hispanic/Latinx) ages 2-18 years old from the 2013-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. CVH was measured using the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 guidelines to combine 8 factors (diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep, BMI, blood glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipids) into one score ranging from 0 to 100 (higher is better). The contri

SUBMITTER: Fields ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12553186 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature