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Racial Residential Segregation and Race Differences in Ideal Cardiovascular Health among Young Men

Background: Race disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) related morbidity and mortality are evident among men. While previous studies show health in young adulthood and racial residential segregation (RRS) are important factors for CVD risk, these factors have not been widely studied in male po...

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Autores principales: Baxter, Samuel L. K., Chung, Richard, Frerichs, Leah, Thorpe, Roland J., Skinner, Asheley C., Weinberger, Morris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157755
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author Baxter, Samuel L. K.
Chung, Richard
Frerichs, Leah
Thorpe, Roland J.
Skinner, Asheley C.
Weinberger, Morris
author_facet Baxter, Samuel L. K.
Chung, Richard
Frerichs, Leah
Thorpe, Roland J.
Skinner, Asheley C.
Weinberger, Morris
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description Background: Race disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) related morbidity and mortality are evident among men. While previous studies show health in young adulthood and racial residential segregation (RRS) are important factors for CVD risk, these factors have not been widely studied in male populations. We sought to examine race differences in ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) among young men (ages 24–34) and whether RRS influenced this association. Methods: We used cross-sectional data from young men who participated in Wave IV (2008) of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 5080). The dichotomous outcome, achieving ideal CVH, was defined as having ≥4 of the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 targets. Race (Black/White) and RRS (proportion of White residents in census tract) were the independent variables. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were conducted. Results: Young Black men had lower odds of achieving ideal CVH (OR = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.49, 0.92) than young White men. However, RRS did not have a significant effect on race differences in ideal CVH until the proportion of White residents was ≥55%. Conclusions: Among young Black and White men, RRS is an important factor to consider when seeking to understand CVH and reduce future cardiovascular risk.
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spelling pubmed-83454822021-08-07 Racial Residential Segregation and Race Differences in Ideal Cardiovascular Health among Young Men Baxter, Samuel L. K. Chung, Richard Frerichs, Leah Thorpe, Roland J. Skinner, Asheley C. Weinberger, Morris Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Race disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) related morbidity and mortality are evident among men. While previous studies show health in young adulthood and racial residential segregation (RRS) are important factors for CVD risk, these factors have not been widely studied in male populations. We sought to examine race differences in ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) among young men (ages 24–34) and whether RRS influenced this association. Methods: We used cross-sectional data from young men who participated in Wave IV (2008) of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 5080). The dichotomous outcome, achieving ideal CVH, was defined as having ≥4 of the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 targets. Race (Black/White) and RRS (proportion of White residents in census tract) were the independent variables. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were conducted. Results: Young Black men had lower odds of achieving ideal CVH (OR = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.49, 0.92) than young White men. However, RRS did not have a significant effect on race differences in ideal CVH until the proportion of White residents was ≥55%. Conclusions: Among young Black and White men, RRS is an important factor to consider when seeking to understand CVH and reduce future cardiovascular risk. MDPI 2021-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8345482/ /pubmed/34360047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157755 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157755
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