What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine trends in the prevalence and racial/ethnic disparities of cardiovascular disease risk factors among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Mexican American adults in the United States.

January 1, 2012Advances in Preventive MedicineOpen Access

Changing Trends in the Prevalence and Disparities of Obesity and Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Three Racial/Ethnic Groups of USA Adults

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Population

Women and men aged 25-84 years participating in the NHANES surveys in the USA, years 1988-1994 and…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

CRCamila X. RomeroUniversity of California, San Diego TRTomás RomeroUniversity of San Diego JSJudith C. ShlayHealth and Hospital Corporation

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Implication

May inform targeted public health monitoring of disparities; leaves open causal drivers and temporal trends for prospective study.

Key Points

To examine trends in the prevalence and racial/ethnic disparities of cardiovascular disease risk factors among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Mexican American adults in the United States.
Conducted a serial cross-sectional trend analysis of adult participants aged 25–84 years from NHANES 1988–1994 (n = 14,341) and NHANES 1999–2004 (n = 12,360).
Evaluated prevalence and racial/ethnic disparity trends for obesity, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and cigarette smoking across non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, and Mexican Americans.
Obesity and hypertension prevalence increased significantly among non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black men and women, with non-Hispanic Black adults showing the highest prevalence in both survey periods.
Diabetes prevalence exhibited a nonsignificant upward trend across all groups and remained highest in Mexican Americans in both periods, whereas smoking decreased significantly in non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks.
Disparities widened for obesity and hypercholesterolemia, remained stable for diabetes and hypertension, and narrowed for smoking.

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Population

Women and men aged 25-84 years participating in the NHANES surveys in the USA, years 1988-1994 (n = 14,341) and 1999-2004 (n = 12,360), including non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs), and Mexican Americans (MAs).

Outcome

Trends in the prevalence and disparities of traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (obesity, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, hypercholesterolemia)

The increasing prevalence of obesity and hypertension, particularly among non-Hispanic Blacks, highlights widening racial disparities in cardiovascular risk factors in the US.

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Romero et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fd54fa2d7cf2e39c29757 https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/172423

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Changing Trends in the Prevalence and Disparities of Obesity and Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Three Racial/Ethnic Groups of USA Adults

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Changing Trends in the Prevalence and Disparities of Obesity and Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Three Racial/Ethnic Groups of USA Adults

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