Neighborhood Social Context and Kidney Function Over Time: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Although socioeconomic status has been associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD), little is known about its relationship to residential neighborhood context.

Study design

Secondary analysis of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a prospective cohort study designed to investigate the development and progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease.

Setting & participants

6,814 men and women who were between 45 and 84 years of age and free of cardiovascular disease were recruited between 2000 and 2002 from Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; Forsyth County, NC; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; and St. Paul, MN.

Exposures

A composite neighborhood problem score (calculated based on 7 participant-reported domains at study entry: adequac

SUBMITTER: Hicken MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594400 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature