Disaggregation of Cause-Specific Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Hispanic Subgroups.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States and face a disproportionate burden of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and low socioeconomic position. However, Hispanics paradoxically experience lower all-cause mortality rates compared with their non-Hispanic white (NHW) counterparts. This phenomenon has been largely observed in Mexicans, and whether this holds true for other Hispanic subgroups or whether these favorable trends persist over time remains unknown.

Objective

To disaggregate a decade of national CVD mortality data for the 3 largest US Hispanic subgroups.

Design, setting, and participants

Deaths from CVD for the 3 largest US Hispanic subgroups-Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans-compared with NHWs were extracted from t

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5663636 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature