hypertension: net worth as risk factor in African-American women
A recent study found a significant relationship between negative net worth (ie, debt) and higher blood pressure in African-American women, controlling for some of the other measures of social economic status including educational level and family income (see htn networth assoc BP in AfAm women jama2022 in dropbox or doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0331) Details: --384 African-American women were enrolled in the Mechanisms Underlying the Impact of Stress and Emotions on African American Women's Health cohort who participated in the study, from 2016 to 2019 --all were aged 30 to 45 at screening, were premenopausal, and were not pregnant/lactating --exclusion criteria included a history of clinical cardiovascular disease, illnesses that might influence CVD risk (eg, autoimmune disease, HIV, kidney disease), psychiatric disorder treatment, illicit drug use, or shift-working (owing to alterations in circadian rhythm) --50% of the particip...