ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2022
Sexual minorities are at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease from a younger age than heterosexuals.
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- The needs, preferences, and experiences of LGBT + people living with dementia: a systematic review with thematic synthesis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Characterization and risk stratification of coronary artery disease in people living with HIV: a global systematic review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Real-Time Stress Experiences and Physiological and Psychological Responses Among LGBTQ+ Young Adults: Findings from the Stress and Heart Pilot Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Latent class analysis of sexual behavior patterns and multidimensional health characteristics among Korean adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Child health nursing research · 2026Article
- Sexual minority adults exhibit greater inflammation than heterosexual adults in the context of depressive symptoms and anxiety: Pathways to health disparities.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2026Article
- Health concerns across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sexual minority populations and disparities in cardiovascular healthcare.European heart journal · 2025Review
- Assessing Minority Stress and Physiological Response Through Ecological Momentary Assessment and Sensors: Protocol for a Feasibility and Acceptability of the Stress and Heart Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Comparing Stroke Risk Factors Among Sexual Minority Groups in Texas.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Participants' reactions to the inclusion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) measures in an established large-scale cohort: The California Teachers Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Sexual identity differences in ideal cardiovascular health among cisgender adults in the All of Us Research Program.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
- A longitudinal analysis of the association between changes in sexual identity and cardiovascular disease risks.Annals of LGBTQ public and population health · 2024Article
- Sexual and Gender Minority Differences in Likelihood of Being a Caregiver and Levels of Caregiver Strain in a Sample of Older Adults.Journal of homosexuality · 2024Article
- At-Risk Drinking in US Adults with Health Conditions: Differences by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 2015-2019.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Exercise to Prevent Accelerated Vascular Aging in People Living With HIV.Circulation research · 2024Review
- Assessment of a Daily Diary Study Including Biospecimen Collections in a Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- LGBTQ+ cardiovascular health equity: a brief review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Sexual minorities are not a homogeneous population: health disparity differences based on residence in rural versus urban settings.Rural and remote health · 2023Article
- Sexual Minority Status Disparities in Life's Essential 8 and Life's Simple 7 Cardiovascular Health Scores: A French Nationwide Population-Based Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
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Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. In this study, we assessed factors related to cardiovascular disease risk and outcomes among sexual minorities (SM). Data from multiple waves of the PATH study were used in this analysis. Multivariable regression models were used to assess the association between sexual identity and: tobacco or e-cigarette use, adverse cardiovascular events, and age at first diagnosis of adverse cardiovascular disease events. In our sample (N = 23,205), 1,660 (7.15%) participants identified as SM. SM men, relative to heterosexual men, are more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure (aRR = 1.27; 95% CI 1.10, 1.47), high cholesterol (aRR = 1.32; 95% CI: 1.12, 1.55), congestive heart failure (aRR = 2.29; 95% CI 1.13, 4.65), stroke (aRR = 2.39; 95% CI: 1.14, 5.04), heart attack (aRR = 2.40; 95% CI 1.42, 4.04), and other heart conditions (aRR = 1.52; 95% CI: 1.06, 2.18). Although no simple differences were observed among SM women compared to heterosexual women, SM women were more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age for high blood pressure (aRR = -0.69; 95% CI - 1.08, - 0.29), high cholesterol (aRR = -0.77; 95% CI - 1.15, - 0.38), stroke (aRR = - 1.04; 95% CI - 1.94, - 0.13), and heart attack (aRR = - 1.26; 95% CI - 2.42, - 0.10). SM men were only diagnosed at a younger age for stroke (aRR = - 1.18; 95% CI - 2.06, - 0.30). Compared to heterosexuals, sexual minorities are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease, more likely to develop cardiovascular disease at an earlier age, and more likely to use tobacco products. Future research should focus on decreasing cardiovascular risk among sexual minorities including reducing tobacco use and stress. Screening recommendations for sexual minority populations should also be reviewed in light of a growing body of literature suggesting elevated risk from a young age.
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