Distributions of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in a Socioeconomically and Racially Diverse Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Differential subgroup vulnerability to subclinical cardiovascular disease is likely, and yet few, if any, studies have addressed interactive relations of age, sex, race, and socioeconomic status (SES) to these conditions to examine nuances of known health disparities. We examined distributions of carotid atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness in a socioeconomically diverse, biracial, urban sample.

Methods

Participants (n=2270) in the population-based HANDLS study (Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span; 30-64 years old, 44% men, 57% African American, 39% with household income <125% federal poverty threshold) underwent carotid intimal medial thickness (IMT) and pulse wave velocity assessment.

Results

In cross-sectional h

SUBMITTER: Wendell CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5373954 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature