Mortality in an International Perspective

Abstract

The book series European Studies of Population (ESPO) aims at disseminating population and family research, with special relevance for Europe. It may analyse past, present and/or future trends, as well as their determinants and consequences. The character of the series is multidisciplinary, including formal demographic analyses, as well as social, economic and/or historical population and family studies. The following types of studies are of primary importance: (a) internationally relevant studies, (b) European comparative studies, (c) innovative theoretical and methodological studies, and (d) policy-relevant scientific studies. The series may include monographs, edited volumes and reference works. The book series is published under the auspices of the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS).

Change in Cardiometabolic Risk Among Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study

“…We use a measure of cardiometabolic risk (CMR) that includes biomarkers associated with physiological processes implicated in the pathophysiology of (16) and risk for (17,18) cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Cumulative risk measures are informative of mortality risk stratification (19) and are therefore useful in elucidating how physiological changes confer risk for death and disease. We hypothesize that blacks will have the highest CMR and experience the greatest increases in risk as they age, and that worsening CMR among blacks will be driven by the disproportionate onset of high-risk biomarker values, particularly among older blacks whose chronic conditions are not effectively controlled.…”