Inadequate emotional support is associated with increased arterial stiffness in older black adults, highlighting a potential psychosocial pathway contributing to cardiovascular risk disparities.
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Should not yet change clinical practice; leaves open whether emotional support interventions could reduce race-specific arterial stiffness disparities.
Lewis et al. (2010) studied this question.
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