2023
Lifetime healthcare expenses across demographic and cardiovascular risk groups: The application of a novel modeling strategy in a large multiethnic cohort study
Khera R, Kondamudi N, Liu M, Ayers C, Spatz E, Rao S, Essien U, Powell-Wiley T, Nasir K, Das S, Capers Q, Pandey A. Lifetime healthcare expenses across demographic and cardiovascular risk groups: The application of a novel modeling strategy in a large multiethnic cohort study. American Journal Of Preventive Cardiology 2023, 14: 100493. PMID: 37397263, PMCID: PMC10314135, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2023.100493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOverweight/obesityRisk factorsRace/ethnicityHealthcare expensesCardiovascular risk factorsCardiovascular risk groupsNon-black individualsMultiethnic Cohort StudySignificant independent associationYears of ageBlack individualsDallas Heart StudyCohort studyCohort enrollmentOutpatient claimsIndependent associationRisk groupsHigh prevalenceHeart StudyOlder ageHealthcare spendingHypertensionObesitySmokingDiabetes
2020
Obesity prevalence and risks among Chinese adults: findings from China PEACE Million Persons Project, 2014–2018
Mu L, Liu J, Zhou G, Wu C, Chen B, Lu Y, Lu J, Yan X, Zhu Z, Nasir K, Spatz E, Krumholz H, Zheng X. Obesity prevalence and risks among Chinese adults: findings from China PEACE Million Persons Project, 2014–2018. European Heart Journal 2020, 41: ehaa946.3034. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbdominal obesityOverall obesityLargest age groupHigh riskSocio-demographic characteristicsSocio-demographic subgroupsEffective policy interventionsLower riskAge groupsMillion Persons ProjectContemporary ChinaCAMS Innovation FundAssociation of ageMultivariable mixed modelsPolicy interventionsCommunity-dwelling participantsMagnitude of associationPolicy implicationsHigher educationCurrent smokingNormal weightObese individualsObesity prevalenceSocio-demographic variablesHigh prevalence
2018
Favorable Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated With Lower Healthcare Costs Among Cancer Patients: The 2012–2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Singh J, Valero‐Elizondo J, Salami JA, Warraich HJ, Ogunmoroti O, Spatz ES, Desai N, Rana JS, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ, Nasir K. Favorable Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated With Lower Healthcare Costs Among Cancer Patients: The 2012–2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e007874. PMID: 29686026, PMCID: PMC6015292, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.007874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseAbsence of ASCVDCancer patientsMedical Expenditure PanelCRF profileRepresentative US adult populationHealthcare expendituresCardiovascular risk profileRisk factor profileBurden of cancerMean annual costAnnual healthcare expendituresMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyUS adult populationLower medical expendituresYears of ageLower healthcare costsCardiovascular managementCardiovascular diseaseHigh prevalenceRepresentative adult sampleUS adultsTwo-part econometric modelHealthcare costsEconomic burden
2017
Persistent socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular risk factors and health in the United States: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2002–2013
Valero-Elizondo J, Hong JC, Spatz ES, Salami JA, Desai NR, Rana JS, Khera R, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ, Nasir K. Persistent socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular risk factors and health in the United States: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2002–2013. Atherosclerosis 2017, 269: 301-305. PMID: 29254694, DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular diseaseSocioeconomic statusWorse cardiovascular risk factor profileCardiovascular risk factor profileHighest prevalence increasePrevalence of CRFCardiovascular risk factorsRisk factor profileHealthy lifestyle behaviorsMedical Expenditure Panel Survey 2002Medical Expenditure Panel SurveyHealth disparity gapRelative percent increasePhysical inactivityLifestyle behaviorsRisk factorsPrevalence increasesHigh burdenHigh prevalenceLow-income groupsProportion of individualsUS adultsFactor profileDisparity gapSocioeconomic disparities