Measures of Food Inadequacy and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Black Individuals in the US From the Jackson Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Food insecurity disproportionately affects Black individuals in the US. Its association with coronary heart disease (CHD), heart failure (HF), and stroke is unclear.

Objective

To evaluate the associations of economic food insecurity and proximity with unhealthy food options with risk of incident CHD, HF, and stroke and the role of diet quality and stress.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was a time-to-event analysis of 3024 Black adult participants in the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) without prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD) at visit 1 (2000-2004). Data analysis was conducted from September 1, 2020, to November 30, 2021.

Exposures

Economic food insecurity, defined as receiving food stamps or self-reported not enough money for gro

SUBMITTER: Zierath R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9871801 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature