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Powell-Wiley TM, Baumer Y, Baah FO, Baez AS, Farmer N, Mahlobo CT, Pita MA, Potharaju KA, Tamura K, Wallen GR. Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease. Circ Res 2022; 130:782-799. [PMID: 35239404 PMCID: PMC8893132 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.121.319811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 99.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Social determinants of health (SDoH), which encompass the economic, social, environmental, and psychosocial factors that influence health, play a significant role in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors as well as CVD morbidity and mortality. The COVID-19 pandemic and the current social justice movement sparked by the death of George Floyd have laid bare long-existing health inequities in our society driven by SDoH. Despite a recent focus on these structural drivers of health disparities, the impact of SDoH on cardiovascular health and CVD outcomes remains understudied and incompletely understood. To further investigate the mechanisms connecting SDoH and CVD, and ultimately design targeted and effective interventions, it is important to foster interdisciplinary efforts that incorporate translational, epidemiological, and clinical research in examining SDoH-CVD relationships. This review aims to facilitate research coordination and intervention development by providing an evidence-based framework for SDoH rooted in the lived experiences of marginalized populations. Our framework highlights critical structural/socioeconomic, environmental, and psychosocial factors most strongly associated with CVD and explores several of the underlying biologic mechanisms connecting SDoH to CVD pathogenesis, including excess stress hormones, inflammation, immune cell function, and cellular aging. We present landmark studies and recent findings about SDoH in our framework, with careful consideration of the constructs and measures utilized. Finally, we provide a roadmap for future SDoH research focused on individual, clinical, and policy approaches directed towards developing multilevel community-engaged interventions to promote cardiovascular health.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tiffany M Powell-Wiley
- Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T.M.P.-W., Y.B., F.O.B., A.S.B., C.T.M., M.A.P., K.A.P.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.,Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (T.M.P.-W.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
| | - Yvonne Baumer
- Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T.M.P.-W., Y.B., F.O.B., A.S.B., C.T.M., M.A.P., K.A.P.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
| | - Foster Osei Baah
- Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T.M.P.-W., Y.B., F.O.B., A.S.B., C.T.M., M.A.P., K.A.P.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
| | - Andrew S Baez
- Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T.M.P.-W., Y.B., F.O.B., A.S.B., C.T.M., M.A.P., K.A.P.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
| | - Nicole Farmer
- Translational Biobehavioral and Health Disparities Branch, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.F., G.R.W.)
| | - Christa T Mahlobo
- Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T.M.P.-W., Y.B., F.O.B., A.S.B., C.T.M., M.A.P., K.A.P.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.,The Pennsylvania State University (C.T.M.)
| | - Mario A Pita
- Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T.M.P.-W., Y.B., F.O.B., A.S.B., C.T.M., M.A.P., K.A.P.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
| | - Kameswari A Potharaju
- Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T.M.P.-W., Y.B., F.O.B., A.S.B., C.T.M., M.A.P., K.A.P.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
| | - Kosuke Tamura
- Neighborhood Social and Geospatial Determinants of Health Disparities Laboratory, Population and Community Sciences Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (K.T.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
| | - Gwenyth R Wallen
- Translational Biobehavioral and Health Disparities Branch, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.F., G.R.W.)
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