Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-11T07:20:26 RDF description of The relationship between urban sprawl and coronary heart disease in women - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn18037 20 Demography Mortality 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.11.003 Cardiovascular Diseases 22372 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Female Longitudinal Studies Heart Diseases public 13896 <p>Studies have reported relationships between urban sprawl, physical activity, and obesity, but - to date - no studies have considered the relationship between sprawl and coronary heart disease (CHD) endpoints. In this analysis, we use longitudinal data on post-menopausal women from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Clinical Trial to analyze the relationship between metropolitan statistical area (MSA)-level urban compactness (the opposite of sprawl) and CHD endpoints including death, any CHD event, and myocardial infarction. Models control for individual and neighborhood socio-demographic characteristics. Women who lived in more compact communities at baseline had a lower probability of experiencing a CHD event and CHD death or MI during the study follow-up period. One component of compactness, high residential density, had a particularly noteworthy effect on outcomes. Finally, exploratory analyses showed evidence that the effects of compactness were moderated by race and region.<p> document-rn18037 The relationship between urban sprawl and coronary heart disease in women Health & place