Association of Environmental Injustice and Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors in the United States

BACKGROUND: While the impacts of social and environmental exposure on cardiovascular risks are often reported individually, the combined effect is poorly understood.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Using the 2022 Environmental Justice Index, socio-environmental justice index and environmental burden module ranks of census tracts were divided into quartiles (quartile 1, the least vulnerable census tracts; quartile 4, the most vulnerable census tracts). Age-adjusted rate ratios (RRs) of coronary artery disease, strokes, and various health measures reported in the Prevention Population-Level Analysis and Community Estimates data were compared between quartiles using multivariable Poisson regression. The quartile 4 Environmental Justice Index was associated with a higher rate of coronary artery disease (RR, 1.684 [95% CI, 1.660-1.708]) and stroke (RR, 2.112 [95% CI, 2.078-2.147]) compared with the quartile 1 Environmental Justice Index. Similarly, coronary artery disease 1.057 [95% CI,1.043-1.0716] and stroke (RR, 1.118 [95% CI, 1.102-1.135]) were significantly higher in the quartile 4 than in the quartile 1 environmental burden module. Similar results were observed for chronic kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, lack of health insurance, sleep <7 hours per night, no leisure time physical activity, and impaired mental and physical health >14 days.

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of CVD and its risk factors is highly associated with increased social and environmental adversities, and environmental exposure plays an important role independent of social factors.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Heart Association - 13(2024), 7 vom: 02. Apr., Seite e033428

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khadke, Sumanth [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Ashish [VerfasserIn]
Al-Kindi, Sadeer [VerfasserIn]
Rajagopalan, Sanjay [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Yixin [VerfasserIn]
Nasir, Khurram [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Javaria [VerfasserIn]
Adamkiewicz, Gary [VerfasserIn]
Delaney, Scott [VerfasserIn]
Nohria, Anju [VerfasserIn]
Dani, Sourbha S [VerfasserIn]
Ganatra, Sarju [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardiometabolic outcomes
Environmental burden
Environmental justice index
Journal Article
Social determinants of health
Social vulnerability

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Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/JAHA.123.033428

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370233506