Neighborhood Archetypes and Cardiovascular Health in Black Breast Cancer Survivors
Main finding · Optimal CVHResult — go to the resultRelative risk ratio 2.92 95% CI 1.58–5.40Authors' conclusion
Neighborhood archetypes, integrating social and built environment factors, may represent crucial targets for promoting CVH among BC survivors.
Study context
- Population
- Black breast cancer survivors diagnosed 2012–2017, Women's Circle of Health Follow-Up Study, New Jersey4 archetypes identified
- Participants
- 713 survivors
- Exposure
- Neighborhood archetypes vs cardiovascular health (CVH)
- Outcome
- CVH score (low, moderate, optimal)
- Follow-up
- 24 months post-diagnosis
Methodological detailslatent class analysis, polytomous logistic regression
- Latent class analysis
- Polytomous logistic regression
Main finding
Optimal CVH
Relative risk ratio
2.92
95% CI 1.58–5.40
Culturally Diverse/Mixed Land Use vs Mostly Culturally Black and Hispanic/Mixed Land Use
relative risk ratio 2.92 (95% CI 1.58–5.40)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Neighborhood Archetypes and Cardiovascular Health in Black Breast Cancer Survivors. JACC CardioOncol. Published 18 June 2024. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it