Race and Ethnicity Disparities in Life’s Essential 8 Among Ever‐Pregnant Adults in the United States: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011 to 2020
Significant racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular health exist among ever-pregnant US adults, with NH Black women exhibiting the poorest profiles. Educational attainment was highly correlated with ideal cardiovascular health.
Authors
- Ruth‐Alma Turkson‐Ocran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9932-052X)
- Oluwabunmi Ogungbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1813-0906)
- Yvonne Y Commodore-Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5054-3025)
- Ellen Boakye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7625-9487)
- Yaa A. Kwapong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-291X)
- Oluwalonimi Adebowale
- Khadijat Adeleye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7560-5504)
- Brenda Owusu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3891-7255)
- Oluwatosin Tomiwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6388-0023)
Institutions
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Amherst College (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Hadassah Medical Center (IL)
- University of Miami Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.038518
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00