Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

Neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the general population; however, its effect on high-risk patients with prevalent coronary artery disease (CAD) is unclear. We hypothesized “double jeopardy,” whereby the association between nSES and adverse outcomes would be greater in high-risk patients with heart failure (HF) and/or prior myocardial infarction (MI) compared to those without. We followed 3,635 individuals (mean age 63.2 years, 42% with HF, 25% with prior MI) with known or suspected CAD over a median of 3.3 years for all-cause death and cardiovascular death or non-fatal MI.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - October 22, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Matthew L. Topel, Jeong Hwan Kim, Mahasin S. Mujahid, Samaah M. Sullivan, Yi-An Ko, Viola Vaccarino, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Ten é T. Lewis Source Type: research