Why the study?
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of global mortality, prompting an evaluation of the global trend in CVD disability-adjusted life years and their longitudinal relationship with the Human Development Index over the past three decades.
While the global burden of cardiovascular disease has decreased over the past three decades, a significant disparity exists, with wealthier nations experiencing much steeper declines than poorer regions.
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Global CVD burden declines are steeper in high-HDI countries; leaves open whether equity-focused strategies can narrow gaps in lower-HDI regions.
Masaebi et al. (2021) studied this question.
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