Race and Sex Differences in Modifiable Risk Factors and Incident Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to examine race- and sex-based variation in the associations between modifiable risk factors and incident heart failure (HF) among the SCCS (Southern Community Cohort Study) participants.

Background

Low-income individuals in the southeastern United States have high HF incidence rates, but relative contributions of risk factors to HF are understudied in this population.

Methods

We studied 27,078 black or white SCCS participants (mean age: 56 years, 69% black, 63% women) enrolled between 2002 and 2009, without prevalent HF, receiving Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, physical underactivity, high body mass index, smoking, high cholesterol, and poor diet was assessed at enr

SUBMITTER: Kubicki DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6995453 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature