Income Disparities in Absolute Cardiovascular Risk and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the United States, 1999-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Large improvements in the control of risk factors for cardiovascular disease have been achieved in the United States, but it remains unclear whether adults in all socioeconomic strata have benefited equally.

Objective

To assess temporal trends in 10-year predicted absolute cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular risk factors among US adults in different socioeconomic strata.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data on adults 40 to 79 years of age without established cardiovascular disease from the 1999 to 2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Exposures

Socioeconomic status was based on the family income to poverty ratio and participants were divided into the following 3 groups: high income

SUBMITTER: Odutayo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710615 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature