Neighborhood Disadvantage and Risk of Heart Failure: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.
Gargya MallaD Leann LongAndrea L CherringtonParag GoyalBo-Yi GuoMonika M SaffordYulia KhodnevaDoyle M CummingsTara P McAlexanderS Shanika A De SilvaSuzanne E JuddBertha HidalgoEmily B LevitanApril P CarsonPublished in: Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (2024)
In this large contemporaneous prospective cohort, neighborhood disadvantage was associated with an increased risk of incident HF events. This increase in HF risk did not differ by diabetes status. Addressing social, economic, and structural factors at the neighborhood level may impact HF prevention.