Association of Low Socioeconomic Status With Premature Coronary Heart Disease in US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Individuals with low socioeconomic status (SES) bear a disproportionate share of the coronary heart disease (CHD) burden, and CHD remains the leading cause of mortality in low-income US counties.

Objective

To estimate the excess CHD burden among individuals in the United States with low SES and the proportions attributable to traditional risk factors and to other factors associated with low SES.

Design, setting, and participants

This computer simulation study used the Cardiovascular Disease Policy Model, a model of CHD and stroke incidence, prevalence, and mortality among adults in the United States, to project the excess burden of early CHD. The proportion of this excess burden attributable to traditional CHD risk factors (smoking, high blood pressure, hig

SUBMITTER: Hamad R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7254448 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature