Neighborhood Social Cohesion Linked to Hypertension Risk in Older US Adults
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Discovery of the day · Public Health
The association between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and incident hypertension among older adults in the US Health and Retirement Study
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Medicine · Public Health
Discovery of the day
This population-based study of older US adults found that low perceived neighborhood social cohesion is associated with a 22% increased risk of incident hypertension, with the strongest effect observed among Black women. Low neighborhood cohesion was most strongly linked to hypertension risk in Black adults (HR = 2.28) and, more specifically, Black females (HR = 3.40), suggesting a pronounced social-environmental determinant in these groups. These findings highlight the importance of community-level social factors as a target for reducing hypertension disparities, offering a valuable population health perspective that complements your research focus on preventive and public health interventions.
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