Disparities in cardiovascular risk based more on socioeconomic status than race, ethnicity

A new study suggests that disparities in cardiovascular disease risk in the United States are due less to race or ethnicity than to socioeconomic status. The researchers found that there are large differences in risk by socioeconomic status within racial and ethnic groups -- with the poorest individuals having the highest risk -- but that there are few differences in risk between racial and ethnic groups.

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