Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Study Examines Social Factors and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
December 20, 2023
December 20, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 20 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
By Paul Govern
A study reported in PLOS ONE examined whether including social determinants of health improves accuracy in predicting who will develop cardiovascular disease (CVD). Matthew Morris, PhD, Hamidreza Moradi, PhD, and study partners analyzed data from 3,980 Black participants in the Jackson Heart Study with no CVD history at baseline. They modeled 10-year CVD risk . . .
By Paul Govern
A study reported in PLOS ONE examined whether including social determinants of health improves accuracy in predicting who will develop cardiovascular disease (CVD). Matthew Morris, PhD, Hamidreza Moradi, PhD, and study partners analyzed data from 3,980 Black participants in the Jackson Heart Study with no CVD history at baseline. They modeled 10-year CVD risk . . .