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SUBMITTER: Min YI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5586401 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Min Yuan-I YI Anugu Pramod P Butler Kenneth R KR Hartley Tara A TA Mwasongwe Stanford S Norwood Arnita F AF Sims Mario M Wang Wei W Winters Karen P KP Correa Adolfo A
Journal of the American Heart Association 20170804 8
<h4>Background</h4>Black persons have an excess burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with white persons. This burden persists after adjustment for socioeconomic status and other known CVD risk factors. This study evaluated the CVD burden and the socioeconomic gradient of CVD among black participants in the JHS (Jackson Heart Study).<h4>Methods and results</h4>CVD burden was evaluated by comparing the observed prevalence of myocardial infarction, stroke, and hypertension in the JHS at ...[more]