Does education modify the effect of ethnicity in the expression of ideal cardiovascular health? The Baptist Health South Florida Employee Study

Of 9056 participants, over half were Hispanic, and two-thirds had at least a college education.

• Participants with less than a college education were less likely to achieve ideal status for most individual cardiovascular health metrics.
• Hispanic participants generally had the highest proportions of optimal cardiovascular health scores and ideal metrics, while black participants had the lowest.
• The study found no statistically significant interactions between education and ethnicity for ideal cardiovascular health measures.
• Higher educational attainment showed variable associations with achieved levels of ideal cardiovascular health across different race/ethnic groups.

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