Neighborhood socioeconomic status was linked with incident heart failure among patients with chronic kidney disease who had more preserved kidney function, study results showed.
Mortality risk was also associated with socioeconomic status among those younger than 60 years.
“In the general population, there is evidence that neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) characteristics are associated with cardiovascular risk factors, adverse health outcomes and death,” Avi G. Aronov, MD, of the University of Illinois department of medicine, wrote with colleagues. As a result, “there