Educational Attainment and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health (Life’s Simple 7) in Asian Americans

Md Towfiqul Alam, Sandra E. Echeverria, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Elizabeth Vasquez, Rosenda Murillo, Tailisha Gonzalez and Fatima Rodriguez
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Md Towfiqul Alam: Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA
Sandra E. Echeverria: Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA
Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes: Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Elizabeth Vasquez: Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12144, USA
Rosenda Murillo: Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Tailisha Gonzalez: Department of Community Health, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, New York, NY 10027, USA
Fatima Rodriguez: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Quarry Road, Falk CVRC, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: Asian Americans have a high burden of cardiovascular disease, yet little is known about the social patterning of cardiovascular health (CVH) in this population. We examined if education (10+ years, and 15.9% for the U.S.-born. All models showed that low education compared to high education was associated with lower odds of having ideal CVH. This pattern remained in adjusted models but became non-significant when controlling for nativity (odds ratio = 0.34, 95% confidence interval: 0.10, 1.13). Models stratified by time in the U.S. were less consistent but showed similar education gradients in CVH. Low education is a risk factor for attaining ideal cardiovascular health among Asian Americans, regardless of time in the U.S.

Keywords: asian american; education; nativity; length of stay; cardiovascular health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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