Neighborhood-level racial/ethnic residential segregation and incident cardiovascular disease: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research suggests that neighborhood-level racial/ethnic residential segregation is linked to health, but it has not been studied prospectively in relation to cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Methods and results

Participants were 1595 non-Hispanic black, 2345 non-Hispanic white, and 1289 Hispanic adults from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis free of CVD at baseline (aged 45-84 years). Own-group racial/ethnic residential segregation was assessed by using the Gi* statistic, a measure of how the neighborhood racial/ethnic composition deviates from surrounding counties' racial/ethnic composition. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards modeling was used to estimate hazard ratios for incident CVD (first definite angina, probable angina followed by revascula

SUBMITTER: Kershaw KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4293329 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature