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Neighborhood Environments and Incident Hypertension in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
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Neighborhood Environments and Incident Hypertension in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Paulina Kaiser, Ana V. Diez Roux, Mahasin Mujahid, Mercedes Carnethon, Alain Bertoni, Sara D. Adar, Steven Shea, Robyn McClelland and Lynda Lisabeth
American journal of epidemiology, v 183(11), pp 988-997
01 Jun 2016
PMID: 27188946
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https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwv296View
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Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Science & Technology
We examined relationships between neighborhood physical and social environments and incidence of hypertension in a cohort of 3,382 adults at 6 sites in the United States over 10 years of follow-up (2000-2011), using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. The sample was aged 45-84 years (mean = 59 years) and free of clinical cardiovascular disease and hypertension at baseline. Of the participants, 51% were female, 44% white, 23% Hispanic, 21% black, and 13% Chinese-American; 39% of participants developed hypertension during an average of 7.2 years of follow-up. Cox models were used to estimate associations of time-varying cumulative average neighborhood features (survey-based healthy food availability, walking environment, social cohesion, safety, and geographic information system-based density of favorable food stores and recreational resources) with incident hypertension. After adjustment for individual and neighborhood-level covariates, a 1-standard-deviation increase in healthy food availability was associated with a 12% lower rate of hypertension (hazard ratio = 0.88, 95% confidence interval: 0.82, 0.95). Other neighborhood features were not related to incidence of hypertension. The neighborhood food environment is related to the risk of hypertension.

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