In a study, unfavorable social determinants of health, such as healthcare access, education and where people live, were found to be associated with more cardiovascular risk factors among Asian Americans. Moreover, the association between unfavorable social factors and cardiovascular risk varied significantly between Asian subgroups.

Dr. Eugene Yang, a cardiologist with the UW Medicine Heart Institute, was lead author of the study, published April 3, 2024, in the Journal of the American Heart Association. See our news release: https://newsroom.uw.edu/newsreleases...