Neighborhood Poverty and Hemodynamic, Neuroendocrine, and Immune Response to Acute Stress among Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Living in low-income neighborhoods characterized by poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage is an important predictor for developing coronary artery disease (CAD) (Diez Roux et al., 2001; Nordstrom et al., 2004; Sundquist et al., 2004) as well as poorer prognosis and decreased survival among patients with CAD (Engstrom et al., 2000; Tonne et al., 2005). There is growing interest in disentangling the physiological pathways through which the neighborhood environment, such as living in low income neighborhoods, may affect cardiovascular outcomes.

Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - October 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Samaah Sullivan, Heval M. Kelli, Muhammad Hammadah, Matthew Topel, Kobina Wilmot, Ronnie Ramadan, Brad D. Pearce, Amit Shah, Bruno B. Lima, Jeong Hwang Kim, Shakia Hardy, Oleksiy Levantsevych, Malik Obideen, Belal Kaseer, Laura Ward MSPH, Michael Kutner, Source Type: research