Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors | Zendy

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Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Author(s) -

Marilyn A. Winkleby,

Helena C. Kraemer,

David K. Ahn,

Ann Varady

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.280.4.356

Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , body mass index , ethnic group , national health and nutrition examination survey , demography , diabetes mellitus , risk factor , gerontology , blood pressure , obesity , environmental health , population , endocrinology , sociology , anthropology

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are higher among ethnic minority women than among white women in the United States. However, because ethnic minority women are disproportionately poor, socioeconomic status (SES) may substantially explain these risk factor differences.

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