Neighborhood Deprivation Predicts Heart Failure Risk in a Low-Income Population of Blacks and Whites in the Southeastern United States. | Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)

Akwo EA, Kabagambe EK, Harrell FE, Blot WJ, Bachmann JM, Wang TJ, Gupta DK, Lipworth L. Neighborhood Deprivation Predicts Heart Failure Risk in a Low-Income Population of Blacks and Whites in the Southeastern United States. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes. 2018 Dec;11(11). e004052. PMID: 29317456 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5769153 NIHMSID: NIHMS925092.

Abstract

Recent data suggest that neighborhood socioeconomic environment predicts heart failure (HF) hospital readmissions. We investigated whether neighborhood deprivation predicts risk of incident HF beyond individual socioeconomic status in a low-income population.