JAMA Cardiology
Intersectional Inequities in Age-Related Risk of Adverse Maternal Cardiometabolic Health
Importance Compared with White women, Black women are at increased risk of adverse perinatal cardiovascular conditions—leading causes of maternal mortality. Yet little is known about how age-related physiologic decline, ie, weathering , together with intersecting sources of social adversity shape these disparities. Objective To quantify differential age-related perinatal cardiometabolic risk at the intersection of race and ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES). Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectio …