Key result
Improving AHA Life's Essential 8 in primary care may mitigate CV disparities for Black individuals.
Why the study?
Non-Hispanic Black individuals have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and lower Life Essential 8 scores than Non-Hispanic White individuals, highlighting the need for primary care measures to mitigate disparities.
Can targeting Life's Essential 8 at the primary care level mitigate cardiovascular health disparities experienced by non-Hispanic Black adults?
Can targeting Life's Essential 8 at the primary care level mitigate cardiovascular health disparities experienced by non-Hispanic Black adults?
Improving Life's Essential 8 indices at the primary care level is crucial for mitigating cardiovascular health disparities in non-Hispanic Black adults.
May support primary care emphasis on Life's Essential 8 for non-Hispanic Black adults; leaves open prospective confirmation of disparity reduction.
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in the United States. Several studies have shown racial disparities in the cardiovascular outcomes. When compared to their Non-Hispanic White (NHW) counterparts, non-Hispanic Black (NHB) individuals have higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and thus, increased mortality from atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. This is evidenced by lower scoring in the indices of the American Heart Association's Life Essential 8 among NHB individuals. NHB individuals score lower in blood pressure, blood lipids, nicotine exposure, sleep, physical activity level, glycemic control, weight, and diet when compared to NHW individuals. Measures to improve these indices at the primary care level may potentially hold the key in mitigating the health care disparities in cardiovascular health experienced by NHB individuals.
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Ezeh et al. (2023) conducted a review in Cardiovascular diseases. Life's Essential 8 was evaluated. Improving the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 indices at the primary care level may mitigate cardiovascular health disparities experienced by non-Hispanic Black individuals.
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