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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Educational Attainment and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health (Life's Simple 7) in Asian Americans.

Md Towfiqul Alam, Sandra E Echeverria, Melissa J DuPont-Reyes, Elizabeth Vasquez, Rosenda Murillo, Tailisha Gonzalez, Fatima Rodriguez

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Md Towfiqul AlamDepartment of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA.
Sandra E EcheverriaDepartment of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA.
Melissa J DuPont-ReyesDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Elizabeth VasquezDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12144, USA.
Rosenda MurilloDepartment of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Tailisha GonzalezDepartment of Community Health, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Fatima RodriguezDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Quarry Road, Falk CVRC, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro · USStanford University · USTexas A&M University · USThe Graduate Center, CUNY · USUniversity at Albany, State University of New York · USUniversity of Houston · US

Funding

Stanford Medicine Center for Longevity and Healthy Aging Research Education CoreP30AG059307 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PERIYAKOIL, VYJEYANTHI S, YESAVAGE, JEROME A · 2018 to 2025
$4.9M
SURPASS: (Statin Use and Risk Prediction of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in minority Subgroups)K01HL144607 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI RODRIGUEZ, FATIMA · 2019 to 2023
$856k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL144607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asian Americans have a high burden of cardiovascular disease, yet little is known about the social patterning of cardiovascular health (CVH) in this population. We examined if education (<high school diploma, high school diploma, some college, and college degree+) was associated with CVH and if this varied by time in the United States (U.S.). Our study population included Asian Americans 20+ years of age sampled in the 2011-16 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (n = 1634). Ideal cardiovascular health was based on a composite score of adiposity, total cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose, smoking, physical activity, and diet. We fit sequential weighted multivariate logistic regression models for all analyses. The prevalence of ideal cardiovascular (CV) health was 17.1% among those living in the U.S. <10 years, 7.1% for those living in the U.S. >10+ years, and 15.9% for the U.S.-born. All models showed that low education compared to high education was associated with lower odds of having ideal CVH. This pattern remained in adjusted models but became non-significant when controlling for nativity (odds ratio = 0.34, 95% confidence interval: 0.10, 1.13). Models stratified by time in the U.S. were less consistent but showed similar education gradients in CVH. Low education is a risk factor for attaining ideal cardiovascular health among Asian Americans, regardless of time in the U.S.

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AsianCardiovascular DiseasesBlood PressureCross-Sectional StudiesEducational StatusHealth StatusHumansNutrition SurveysPrevalenceRisk FactorsUnited Statesasian americancardiovascular healtheducationlength of staynativity

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