Study Selection Bias and Racial or Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Age at Onset of Cardiometabolic Disease Among Midlife Women in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Racial disparities in cardiometabolic health are consistently observed in cohort studies. However, most studies neither evaluate differences in age at onset nor account for systematic exclusion stemming from "weathering" (accelerated health declines for minoritized groups due to structural social and economic marginalization).

Objective

To evaluate racial or ethnic disparities in age at onset of 4 cardiometabolic outcomes (hypertension, isolated systolic hypertension [ISH], insulin resistance [IR], and diabetes), accounting for multiple forms of potential selection bias.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation longitudinal cohort (1995-2016) and a cross-sectional screening sample (1995

SUBMITTER: Reeves A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641536 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature