Erica L. Brooks|Sarah R. Preis|Shih?Jen Hwang|Joanne M. Murabito|Emelia J. Benjamin|Margaret Kelly?Hayes|Paul D. Sorlie|Daniel Levy
Health Insurance and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
Framingham Heart Study|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|Tufts Medical Center|Framingham Heart Study|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|Framingham Heart Study|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|Boston University|Framingham Heart Study|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|Framingham Heart Study|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|Boston University|Framingham Heart Study|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|Boston University|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|Framingham Heart Study|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
compared health insurance uninsured receive less care chronic conditions hypertension diabetes experience higher mortalitywe investigated relations health insurance status prevalence treatment control major cardiovascular disease risk factorshypertension elevated lowdensity lipoprotein ldl cholesterolamong framingham heart study fhs participants genderspecific ageadjusted analyses participants attended seventh offspring cohort examination cycle 19982001 first third generation cohort examination cycle 20022005 studiedamong 6098 participants 38 uninsured time fhs clinic examination ages ranged 19 64 years prevalence hypertension elevated ldl cholesterol similar insured uninsured however proportion obtained treatment achieved control risk factors lower among uninsured uninsured men women less likely treated hypertension odds ratios treatment 019 95 confidence interval ci 007056 men 031 95 ci 012079 women among men uninsured less likely receive treatment achieve control elevated ldl cholesterol insured odds ratios 012 95 ci 004038 treatment 017 95 ci 005056 controlthe treatment control hypertension hypercholesterolemia lower among uninsured adults increasing proportion insured individuals may means improve treatment control cardiovascular disease risk factors reduce health disparities