Cross-sectional relations of race and poverty status to cardiovascular risk factors in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Lifespan (HANDLS) study

• Main Authors: Shari R. Waldstein (Author), Danielle L. Beatty Moody (Author), Jessica M. McNeely (Author), Allyssa J. Allen (Author), Mollie R. Sprung (Author), Mauli T. Shah (Author), Elias Al'Najjar (Author), Michele K. Evans (Author), Alan B. Zonderman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Examine interactive relations of race and poverty status with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in a socioeconomically diverse sample of urban-dwelling African American (AA) and White adults. Methods Participants were 2,270 AAs and Whites (57 % AA; 57 % female; ages 30-64...