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Eliminating Medication Copayments for Low-income Older Adults at High Cardiovascular Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Conclusions: In low-income adults at high cardiovascular risk, eliminating copayments (average $35 a month) did not improve clinical outcomes or reduce healthcare costs, despite a modest improvement in adherence to medications.PMID:36871215 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064188
Source: Circulation - March 5, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: David J T Campbell Chad Mitchell Brenda R Hemmelgarn Marcello Tonelli Peter Faris Jianguo Zhang Ross T Tsuyuki Jane Fletcher Flora Au Scott Klarenbach Derek V Exner Braden J Manns Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration Source Type: research

Neck circumference and cardiovascular outcomes: Insights from the Jackson heart study
ConclusionsIn this large cohort of African American individuals, a larger NC was associated with increased risk for HF hospitalization following adjustment for age and sex, but this risk was not statistically significant after adjusting for other clinical variables. Although NC is not independently associated with increased risk for cardiovascular events, it may offer prognostic information particularly related to HF hospitalization.
Source: American Heart Journal - March 9, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Relation of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness to Cardiovascular Events in Black Americans (From the Jackson Heart Study)
Although several prospective studies have reported independent relationships between carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and risk of incident cardiovascular diseases (CVD) among primarily non-African American (AA) cohorts, the utility of CIMT values for the prediction of incident coronary heart disease and stroke events in blacks remain unclear. At the baseline examination (2000 –2004) of the Jackson Heart Study (JHS), AA adults 21-94 years of age (mean 54) underwent bilateral far-wall CIMT measurement (mean 0.76 mm).
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - July 31, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Todd C. Villines, Lucy L. Hsu, Chad Blackshear, Cheryl R. Nelson, Michael Griswold Source Type: research