Neighborhood Deprivation Predicts Heart Failure Risk in a Low-Income Population of Blacks and Whites in the Southeastern United States
Why the study?
Does neighborhood deprivation predict incident heart failure in a low-income population?
Population
Low-income population of Blacks and Whites in the Southeastern United States, mean age 55.5 years, 69%…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 5.2 years
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Discussion
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Implication
May inform HF risk stratification in low-income groups; leaves open whether targeting neighborhood deprivation reduces incidence.
Structured PICO
Does neighborhood deprivation predict incident heart failure in a low-income population?
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Population
Low-income population of Blacks and Whites in the Southeastern United States, mean age 55.5 years, 69% black, 63% female, 70% earned <$15,000/y.
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Intervention
Neighborhood deprivation (measured by neighborhood deprivation index)
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Outcome
Incident heart failurehard clinical
Neighborhood deprivation independently predicts incident heart failure risk beyond individual socioeconomic status and traditional cardiovascular risk factors in a low-income population.
Cite This Study
Akwo et al. (2018) studied this question.