Early Community Contexts, Race/Ethnicity and Young Adult CVD Risk Factors: Th…

Using a sample of 13,500 adolescents (53%female and 47% male) who participated in all four waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health,this study used multilevel regression to examine the influence of early structural community adversity (as measured by rates of community poverty, single-parent headed families, and two indicators of employment) and racial/ethnic status on car…