Open AccessAssociation Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Older Adults: Results From the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging
Author(s) -
David R. Buys,
Virginia J. Howard,
Leslie A. McClure,
Katie Crawford Buys,
Patricia Sawyer,
Richard M. Allman,
Emily B. Levitan
Publication year - 2015
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.2014.302048
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , demography , gerontology , generalized estimating equation , logistic regression , odds , observational study , disadvantage , statistics , mathematics , sociology , political science , law
We evaluated the effect of neighborhood disadvantage (ND) on older adults' prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension.