Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence by Income Level in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Income disparity between persons with the most resources (the top 20% of earners) and the remainder of the population in the United States has dramatically widened over the past few decades. Given the well-established association between income and health, this increasing income gap may provide insights into the dynamics of cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden among adults in the US.

Objective

To quantify the contribution of people in the highest-resources group and the remainder of the population to the burden of CVD, and to estimate the trends in the prevalence of CVD for the 2 groups in the United States from 1999 to 2016.

Design, setting, and participants

This serial cross-sectional analysis used nationally representative data from 9 cycles of the Nation

SUBMITTER: Abdalla SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7519418 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature