Key result
Lower socioeconomic status among older adults was associated with a significantly greater prevalence of diabetes (p<.010), hypertension (p<.001), and metabolic syndrome (p<.001).
Why the study?
This study aimed to identify socioeconomic clusters of older adults and compare cardiovascular health among the identified clusters.
Cross-Sectional (n=3,303)
p-value: p=<.001
Lower socioeconomic status is significantly associated with a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome among older adults in South Korea.
May inform equitable CVD screening in older adults; leaves open causal mechanisms and intervention effects.
Purpose: This study aimed to identify socioeconomic clusters of older adults and compare cardiovascular health among the identified clusters. Methods: A secondary analysis was performed using the data from 3,303 older adults (over 65 years of age; 56.5% women) who participated in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2016~2017). A two-step cluster analysis was used to identify older adults' socioeconomic clusters based on 11 factors associated with Socioeconomic Status (SES). Differences in the cardiovascular health outcomes among the identified clusters were analyzed using the x 2 test and one-way ANOVA. Results: A three-cluster solution was selected (p<.001) composed of low (n=715), middle (n=1,425), and high-SES clusters (n=1,163). The three clusters differed significantly in the prevalence of diabetes (p<.010), hypertension (p<.001), and metabolic syndrome (p<.001), with greater prevalence in the lower SES clusters. Similarly, systolic blood pressure (p<.001), body mass index (p<.010), and total cholesterol (p<.010) differed significantly among the clusters in the same pattern. Conclusion: Older adults of lower SES clusters should be a crucial target group for health promotion interventions aimed at the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease risk factors. Tailored interventions can be developed by understanding intersecting SES risk factors in this group.
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Chi‐Young Lee (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiovascular health (n=3,303). Low socioeconomic status vs. Middle and high socioeconomic status was evaluated on Prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome (p=<.001). Lower socioeconomic status among older adults was associated with a significantly greater prevalence of diabetes (p<.010), hypertension (p<.001), and metabolic syndrome (p<.001).
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