Rates of optimal CV health as determined by the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 among gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals vary by sex and sexual identity, researchers reported.
“The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine sexual identity differences in CV health scores among adults in the U.S. using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,” Billy A. Caceres, PhD, RN, assistant professor at Columbia University School of Nursing and affiliated investigator of the Center for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research,