The impact of neighborhoods on cardiovascular risk: the MESA Neighborhood Study

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• Alternative Title:
  Glob Heart
• Personal Author:
  Diez Roux, Ana V. ; Mujahid, Mahasin S. ; Hirsch, Jana A. ; Moore, Kari ; Moore, Latetia V.
• Description:
  Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death and a major source of health disparities in the Unites States and globally. Efforts to reduce CVD risk and eliminate cardiovascular health disparities have increasingly emphasized the importance of the social determinants of health. Neighborhood environments have emerged as a possible target for prevention and policy efforts. Hence there is a need to better understand the role of neighborhood environments in shaping cardiovascular risk. The MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) Neighborhood Study provided a unique opportunity to build a comprehensive place-based resource for investigations of associations between specific features of neighborhood physical and social environments and cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes. This review summarizes the approaches used to characterize residential neighborhood environments in the MESA cohort, provides an overview of key findings to date, and discusses challenges and opportunities in neighborhood health effects research. Results to date suggest that neighborhood physical and social environments are related to behavioral and biomedical risk factors for CVD and that cardiovascular prevention efforts may benefit from taking neighborhood context into account.
• Keywords:
  Atherosclerosis Body Mass Index Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular Diseases Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Diet Exercise Health Behavior Health Disparities Health Status Disparities Humans Hypertension Insulin Resistance Neighborhoods Residence Characteristics Risk Factors Social Determinants Socioeconomic Factors Stress, Psychological United States

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• Source:
  Glob Heart. 11(3):353-363
• Pubmed ID:
  27741982
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5098701
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  N01HC95160/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 HL071759/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95163/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR001079/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95169/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P60 MD002249/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95164/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95162/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95168/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95165/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95159/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95161/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95167/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR000040/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95166/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P2C HD050924/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cb43b151aa0287866bf8dd296268099124ad42cfe4b087e4be832920b1c9a5d1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43151/cdc_43151_DS1.pdf
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