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Observational studyJournal of the American Heart Association2025

Cardiovascular Disease Multimorbidity and Decreased Health-Related Quality of Life in Haiti: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Shalom Sabwa, Vanessa Rouzier, Rodney Sufra, Reichling St Sauveur, Nour Mourra, Rehana Rasul, Joseph Inddy, Lily D Yan, Madeline Sterling, Laura Pinheiro and 3 more

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Observational study in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03892265 (A Longitudinal Cohort Study to Evaluate Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Disease in Haiti), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03892265 active not recruitingnot on this map

A Longitudinal Cohort Study to Evaluate Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Disease in Haiti

TypeobservationalSponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversityRan2019 to 2028Enrolled3,005ConditionsHypertension, Diabetes, Obesity, Kidney DiseasesArmsObservational Study
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Shalom SabwaDepartment of Epidemiology Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Atlanta GA.ORCID 0000-0001-7121-1807
Vanessa RouzierCenter for Global Health Weill Cornell Medicine New York NY.
Rodney SufraHaitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) Port-au-Prince Haiti.ORCID 0000-0002-2613-6462
Reichling St SauveurHaitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) Port-au-Prince Haiti.
Nour MourraCenter for Global Health Weill Cornell Medicine New York NY.ORCID 0009-0005-1335-3993
Rehana RasulDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy City University of New York New York NY.ORCID 0000-0002-7322-7770
Joseph InddyHaitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) Port-au-Prince Haiti.
Lily D YanCenter for Global Health Weill Cornell Medicine New York NY.ORCID 0000-0001-6363-7920
Madeline SterlingDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine New York NY.ORCID 0000-0002-9928-4407
Laura PinheiroDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine New York NY.ORCID 0000-0002-6920-8526
Marie DeschampsHaitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) Port-au-Prince Haiti.
Jean William PapeCenter for Global Health Weill Cornell Medicine New York NY.
Margaret L McNairyCenter for Global Health Weill Cornell Medicine New York NY.

Funding

Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep DisordersR01HL143788 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Margaret Leighton McNairy · 2018 to 2026
$8.9M
Cardiovascular Disease Research Training Program in HaitiD43TW011972 · FIC · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Margaret Leighton McNairy, JEAN WILLIAM PAPE · 2021 to 2026
$1.4M
Global Health Research and Training in Cardiovascular DiseaseK24HL163393 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Margaret Leighton McNairy · 2022 to 2026
$604k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW011972NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL163393NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL143788
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMultimorbidity is increasingly prevalent in lower- and middle-income countries. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been inversely associated with multimorbidity but is understudied in lower- and middle-income countries. We report cardiovascular disease (CVD) multimorbidity in Haiti and its association with HRQOL. METHODS AND

resultsWe used data from the Haiti CVD Cohort, a population-based longitudinal cohort of adults. CVD multimorbidity was 2+ CVD risk factors/diseases at enrollment. HRQOL was measured using the Short Form-12, yielding physical component summary/mental component summary scores between 0 and 100, with higher scores indicating better HRQOL. We used linear regressions to assess the association between CVD multimorbidity and HRQOL and individual CVD comorbidities and HRQOL. Additionally, we examined sex and education as potential effect modifiers. Among 2,996 participants, the median age was 40 years (interquartile range [IQR], 27-55), 58.0% were women, and 70.3% earned <1 US dollar per day. CVD multimorbidity prevalence was 24.1%; compared with those without CVD multimorbidity, those with CVD multimorbidity were older (median age, 56.0 years [IQR, 47.0-53.0]) and women (70.5%). Adjusted models revealed CVD multimorbidity was inversely related to physical component summary (-2.7 [95% CI, -3.8 to -1.6]) and mental component summary (-1.0 [95% CI, -1.8 to -0.2]). Heart failure and hypertension showed the strongest CVD morbidities associated with poor HRQOL. In the interaction analysis, among men, CVD multimorbidity was associated with a 4.3-point lower physical component summary score. Among those with less education, CVD multimorbidity was associated with a 4.6-point lower physical component summary score than no CVD multimorbidity.

conclusionsOur data are among the first to describe HRQOL data with high CVD multimorbidity in a young population in urban Haiti, and CVD multimorbidity was associated with decreased HRQOL. REGISTRATION: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT03892265.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesQuality of LifeAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHaitiHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedMultimorbidityPrevalenceRisk Factorscardiovascular diseaseglobal healthmultimorbidity

Identifiers

PMID39868515
PMCPMC12074711

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