Cardiovascular risk associated with social determinants of health at individual and area levels

JAMA Network Open

2024-04-26

(Press-News.org) About The Study: The findings of this study of 26,000 participants from four large U.S. studies suggest that both individual- and area-level social determinants of health may be considered in future development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk assessment tools, particularly among Black individuals.

Authors: Yiyi Zhang, Ph.D., of Columbia University Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.8584)

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