The Obesity and Heart Failure Epidemics among African Americans: Insights From the Jackson Heart Study

Highlights • The relationship between obesity and health outcomes such as mortality and heart failure (HF) in African Americans was further explored from the Jackson Heart Study • Increasing body mass index (BMI) was not associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality in African Americans • H...

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Published in:Journal of cardiac failure 2016-08, Vol.22 (8), p.589-597
Main Authors: Krishnamoorthy, Arun, MD, Greiner, Melissa A., MS, Bertoni, Alain G., MD, Eapen, Zubin J., MD, MHS, O'Brien, Emily C., PhD, Curtis, Lesley H., PhD, Hernandez, Adrian F., MD, MHS, Mentz, Robert J., MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Americans
Aged
Body Mass Index
Cardiovascular
Cause of Death - trends
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Health care disparities
Healthcare Disparities
heart failure
Heart Failure - complications
Heart Failure - ethnology
Heart Failure - therapy
Hospitalization - trends
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
North Carolina - epidemiology
obesity
Obesity, Morbid - complications
Obesity, Morbid - ethnology
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Survival Rate - trends
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Summary:Highlights • The relationship between obesity and health outcomes such as mortality and heart failure (HF) in African Americans was further explored from the Jackson Heart Study • Increasing body mass index (BMI) was not associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality in African Americans • However, increasing BMI was associated with increasing risk for prevalent HF and HF hospitalization in African Americans • Obesity remains a major public health concern and should be considered as an important risk factor for long-term morbidity in African American populations and a potential target for intervention
ISSN:1071-9164
1532-8414
DOI:10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.03.004