Viva Coleman Francis! by Damian Westfall

Jackson CL, Szklo M, Yeh HC, Wang NY, Dray-Spira R, Thorpe R, Brancati FL. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2014 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

Go AS, Mozaffarian D, Roger VL, Benjamin EJ, Berry JD, Blaha MJ, Dai S, Ford ES, Fox CS, Franco S, et al. Education, genetic ancestry, and blood pressure in African Americans and Whites. Education, income, wealth, and health among whites and African Americans. Heart disease and stroke statistics-2015 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Mozaffarian D, Benjamin EJ, Go AS, Arnett DK, Blaha MJ, Cushman M, de Ferranti S, Despres JP, Fullerton HJ, Howard VJ, et al. In Jamaica, educational disparities were largely explained by age, sex and BMI, while in the USA these disparities were larger and persisted after accounting these variables.Īfrican Americans Afro-Caribbean Blacks Diabetes Education Health disparities Hypertension Jackson Heart Study Jamaica Social determinants. For diabetes when considering age-group and sex specific estimates adjusted for BMI, among men: significant associations were seen only in the 45-59 years age-group in JHS with PR 1.84 (95% CI 1.16-2.91) for HS. Educational disparities in the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes were examined using prevalence ratios (PR), controlling for age, sex and body mass index (BMI).Īnalyses included 7248 participants, 2382 from STC and 4866 from JHS, with mean age of 47 and 54 years, respectively (p HS and 1.07 (95% CI 1.01-1.13) for HS vs > HS. Participants reported their highest level of educational attainment, which was categorized as 'less than high school' (HS).

We analyzed baseline data from the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) in the USA and Spanish Town Cohort (STC) in Jamaica. We explored inequalities in hypertension and diabetes prevalence between African-descent populations with different levels of educational attainment in Jamaica and in the United States of America (USA), comparing disparities within each location, and between countries. Studies have suggested that social inequalities in chronic disease outcomes differ between industrialized and developing countries, but few have directly compared these effects.

Viva Coleman Francis! by Damian Westfall