Interstate variation in modifiable risk factors and cardiovascular mortality in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We investigated the role of state-level differences in modifiable cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in contributing to state disparities in cardiovascular mortality rates in the US.

Methods

Adults aged 45-74 in 2010 were examined. We constructed a CV risk index summarizing state-level exposure to current smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, alcohol abstinence, hypertension, elevated cholesterol, and diabetes using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Outcomes were cardiovascular, coronary heart disease, and stroke mortality. Linear regression was used to estimate associations between the CV risk index and mortality outcomes. Models accounted for state-level socioeconomic characteristics and other potential confounders.

Results

Risk factors were h

SUBMITTER: Patel SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4086813 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature