Why the study?
Does Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation affect total and cause-specific cardiometabolic mortality in US adults?
Population
499,741 US adults aged 25 years or older from the National Health Interview Survey (2000-2009)
Comparison
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program… vs SNAP-eligible nonparticipants and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 6.8 years (maximum 11.9 years)
Authors
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SNAP participation was associated with higher cardiometabolic mortality; leaves open whether effects are causal or reflect unmeasured confounding.
Does Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation affect total and cause-specific cardiometabolic mortality in US adults?
SNAP participation is associated with higher total, cardiovascular, and diabetes mortality compared to eligible nonparticipants and ineligible individuals, highlighting the need for targeted health interventions in this low-income population.
Conrad et al. (2017) studied this question.
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