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The association between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and incident hypertension among older adults in the US Health and Retirement Study
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Key finding
Medicine · Public Health
Discovery of the day
This population-based study of 2,998 older US adults found that low perceived neighborhood social cohesion was associated with a 22% increased risk of incident hypertension over 4 to 8 years of follow-up. The association was particularly pronounced among Black adults, who faced a 2.28-fold higher risk, and among Black women specifically, who showed a 3.40-fold elevated risk compared to those with high neighborhood cohesion. For a nurse and psychologist focused on chronic disease prevention, these findings underscore that social-environmental factors such as community connectedness are critical, yet often overlooked, determinants of cardiovascular risk—suggesting that community-based interventions promoting cohesive neighborhoods may be an essential strategy for reducing hypertension disparities.
Novelty
75%
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85%
Significance
88%
Validity
82%
Clarity
90%
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