Identifying neighbourhood and individual resilience profiles for cardiovascular health: a cross-sectional study of blacks living in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To simultaneously examine multiple individual-level neighbourhood perceptions and psychosocial characteristics and their relationships with cardiovascular health (CVH) among blacks.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Subjects were recruited between 2016 and 2018 via convenience sampling.

Participants

385 Black men and women, age 30-70 living in the Atlanta metropolitan area (Georgia, USA).

Primary outcome measure

Individual's CVH was summarised as a composite score using American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 (LS7) metrics.

Methods

We implemented unsupervised learning (k-means) and supervised learning (Bayesian Dirichlet process clustering) to identify clusters based on 11 self-reported neighbourhood perception and psychosocial

SUBMITTER: Ko YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327812 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature