The association between perceived neighborhood safety and cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Autor: Tomlinson MM; College of Health Professions, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY, USA.; Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health and Information Health Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Kerstiens S; Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA., Smith C; Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA., Agbonlahor O; Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health and Information Health Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Clarke J; Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health and Information Health Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Vincent K; Department of Communication, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Walker KL; Department of Communication, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.; Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.; Superfund Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., McLeish AC; Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Keith RJ; Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.; Superfund Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Smith T; Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.; Superfund Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Yeager RA; Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.; Superfund Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Wood LA; Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health and Information Health Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Bhatnagar A; Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.; Superfund Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA., Hart JL; Department of Communication, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.; Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.; Superfund Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychology, health & medicine [Psychol Health Med] 2024 Oct 03, pp. 1-12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 03.
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2024.2410418
Abstrakt: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. accounting for 1 in 4 deaths each year. Environmental factors, such as neighborhood safety, may increase the risk of CVD. Therefore, the current study assessed perceived neighborhood safety and its association with CVD risk factors (i.e. dyslipidemia, hypertension, type II diabetes) among 663 adults (mean age: 49.97 years, 61.24% female, 78.28% White). Participants completed self-report measures as part of a larger study of environmental influences on cardiac health. Results indicated that individuals reporting low perceived neighborhood safety had greater odds of having at least one CVD risk factor (OR = 2.76, 95% CI: 1.46, 5.22) compared to those with high perceived safety. There was a significant interaction between gender and the presence of at least one CVD risk factor in relation to perceived neighborhood safety. Low perceived neighborhood safety was associated with greater odds of having at least one CVD risk factor among males (OR = 5.48, 95% C.I: 1.82, 16.52) but not females. These findings suggest that low perceived safety is associated with CVD risk factors, especially among males. Future work should seek to better understand the interaction by gender in the relationship between perceived safety and CVD risk factors.
Databáze: MEDLINE