The Association Between Neighborhood Quality, Youth Physical Fitness, and Modifiable Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors.

CONCLUSIONS: COI indicators were positively associated with youth fitness. Disparities in youth cardiovascular disease risk may be modifiable through community interventions and built environment initiatives targeting select neighborhood factors.
PMID: 33596444 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Annals of Epidemiology - February 14, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Zewdie H, Zhao AY, Patel HH, Hansen E, Messiah SE, Armstrong SC, Skinner AC, Neshteruk CD, Hipp JA, D'Agostino EM Tags: Ann Epidemiol Source Type: research