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Health Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Risk: From Genes to Neighborhoods

Specific aim 1: To examine cross-sectional associations between genetic and neighborhood factors, and their interactions (socioeconomic, physical/built, social) in relation to obesity and BMI; Specific aim 2: To examine longitudinal associations between genetic and neighborhood factors, and their interactions (socioeconomic, physical/built, social) in relation to incident obesity and 5-year changes in BMI; Specific aim 3: To examine racial/ethnic differences in obesity and determine if these differences are explained by neighborhood-gene interactions

Investigator: Iribarren, Carlos

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

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