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Effect of Community Affluence on the Association Between Individual Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Colorado, 2007–2008 || CDC - Preventing Chronic Disease: Volume 9, 2012: 11_0305

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Effect of Community Affluence on the Association Between Individual Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Colorado, 2007–2008

Ian Matthew Abeyta; Nicole R. Tuitt, MPH; Tim E. Byers, MD, MPH; Angela Sauaia, MD, PhD

Suggested citation for this article: Abeyta IM, Tuitt NR, Byers TE, Sauaia A. Effect of Community Affluence on the Association Between Individual Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Colorado, 2007–2008. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110305. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110305External Web Site Icon.
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Abstract

We assessed the hypothesis that community affluence modifies the association between individual socioeconomic status (SES) and 6 cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors: diabetes, hypertension, physical inactivity, obesity, smoking, and poor nutrition. We stratified data from the Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 2007 and 2008 by individual SES and 3 categories of community affluence (median household income of county). People who had a low SES seemed to benefit from residing in high-affluence communities. Living in high-affluence communities may mitigate the effect of poverty on CVD risk factors; our findings support the value of interventions that address social determinants of health.

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