Open AccessA Population-Based Study of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Sexual-Minority Women
Author(s) -
Grant W. Farmer,
Jennifer M. Jabson,
Kathleen K. Bucholz,
Deborah J. Bowen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301258
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , sexual minority , family history , national health and nutrition examination survey , population , confidence interval , risk factor , disease , gerontology , environmental health , sexual orientation , psychology , social psychology , sociology
We sought to determine if sexual-minority women were at greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) than their heterosexual counterparts.