2025
Novel indices of state- and county-level social disadvantage in older Americans and disparities in mortality
Wang Y, Zang E, Davis-Plourde K, Gill T, Becher R. Novel indices of state- and county-level social disadvantage in older Americans and disparities in mortality. Health & Place 2025, 92: 103438. PMID: 40058245, PMCID: PMC12142587, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncreased mortality riskContextual disadvantageOlder personsOlder AmericansCommunity-living older personsSocial disadvantageMortality riskIndices of social disadvantageReduce health disparitiesPopulation of older AmericansCounty-levelPublic health policiesNon-disadvantaged groupsMortality disparitiesHealth disparitiesHealth policyMortality existUnited StatesDisadvantaged countiesNegative binomial modelGeriatric populationComposite indexDisparitiesDisadvantaged statesMultidimensional factors
2018
APOE and the Association of Fatty Acids With the Risk of Stroke, Coronary Heart Disease, and Mortality
Satizabal CL, Samieri C, Davis-Plourde KL, Voetsch B, Aparicio HJ, Pase MP, Romero JR, Helmer C, Vasan RS, Kase CS, Debette S, Beiser AS, Seshadri S. APOE and the Association of Fatty Acids With the Risk of Stroke, Coronary Heart Disease, and Mortality. Stroke 2018, 49: 2822-2829. PMID: 30571417, PMCID: PMC6310220, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.118.022132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary heart diseaseAPOE ε4 carriersRisk of strokeHeart diseaseSD unit increaseCause strokeIschemic strokeCause mortality eventsPlasma fatty acidsFatty acidsAPOE ε4 genotypeRandom-effects modelFatty acid levelsUnit increaseMeta-analysis resultsMetabolism of lipidsLinoleic acidCause mortalityMean agePotential confoundersCardiovascular healthRisk factorsAPOE genotypeCardiovascular diseaseDietary fat
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