Open AccessRace and Ethnicity and Cardiometabolic Risk Profile: Disparities Across Income and Health Insurance in a National Sample of US Adults
Author(s) -
Zulqarnain Javed,
Muhammad Haisum Maqsood,
Zahir Amin,
Khurram Nasir
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/phh.0000000000001441
Subject(s) - national health interview survey , ethnic group , demography , medicine , odds , context (archaeology) , logistic regression , observational study , environmental health , odds ratio , household income , gerontology , geography , population , sociology , archaeology , anthropology
Income and health insurance are important social determinants of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and may explain much racial/ethnic variation in CVD burden. However, racial/ethnic disparities in cumulative cardiometabolic (CMB) risk profile by insurance type and income level have not been studied on a national scale.