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Racial Differences in Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics Among Mississippi Adults, 2009 Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Source :
- Preventing Chronic Disease
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
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Abstract
- INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death and health disparities in Mississippi. Identifying populations with poor cardiovascular health may help direct interventions toward those populations disproportionately affected, which may ultimately increase cardiovascular health and decrease prominent disparities. Our objective was to assess racial differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular health metrics among Mississippi adults. METHODS We used data from the 2009 Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to determine age-standardized prevalence estimates and 95% confidence intervals of cardiovascular health metrics among 2,003 black and 5,125 white adults. Logistic regression models were used to evaluate the relationship between race and cardiovascular health metrics. The mean cardiovascular metrics score and percentage of the population with ideal and poor cardiovascular health were calculated by subgroup. RESULTS Approximately 1.3% of blacks and 2.6% of whites exhibited ideal levels of all 7 cardiovascular health metrics. The prevalence of 4 of the 7 cardiovascular health metrics was significantly lower among the total population of blacks than among whites, including a normal body mass index (20.8% vs 32.3%, P < .001), no history of diabetes (85.1% vs 91.3%, P < .001), no history of hypertension (53.9% vs 67.9%, P < .001), and physical activity (52.8% vs 62.2%, P < .001). The logistic regression models revealed significant race-by-sex interactions; differences between blacks and whites for normal body mass index, no history of diabetes mellitus, and no current smoking were found among women but not among men. CONCLUSION Cardiovascular health is poor among Mississippi adults overall, and racial differences exist.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Adolescent
Population
Disease
Logistic regression
White People
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Young Adult
Mississippi
Diabetes mellitus
Environmental health
medicine
Humans
education
Cause of death
Original Research
Aged
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Health equity
Confidence interval
Black or African American
Cardiovascular Diseases
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15451151
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Preventing Chronic Disease
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....686a4f3221fc0c8646561dd3ff89998f