Black-White Differences in 20-year Trends in Cardiovascular Risk in the United States, 1990-2010 | Zendy

Uchechi A. Mitchell | Zendy; Jennifer Ailshire | Zendy; Jung Ki Kim | Zendy; Eileen M. Crimmins | Zendy

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Black-White Differences in 20-year Trends in Cardiovascular Risk in the United States, 1990-2010

Author(s) -

Uchechi A. Mitchell,

Jennifer Ailshire,

Jung Ki Kim,

Eileen M. Crimmins

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

ethnicity and disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1945-0826

pISSN - 1049-510X

DOI - 10.18865/ed.29.4.587

Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , population , blood pressure , demography , obesity , life expectancy , negroid , epidemiology , gerontology , environmental health , sociology

Improvements in the Black-White difference in life expectancy have been attributed to improved diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and declines in cardiovascular disease mortality. However, it is unclear whether race differences in total cardiovascular risk and the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors have improved in the United States since the 1990s.

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