Social Networks and Cardiovascular Disease Events in the Jackson Heart Study

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) disproportionately affects Black adults. Greater social networks (SNs), or social connectedness, may lower the risk of CVD events. This study determined the association of SNs and incident CVD and tested mediation by depressive symptoms, hypertension control,...

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Main Authors: LáShauntá Glover, Janiyah Sutton, Emily O'Brien, Mario Sims
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.030149