TY - JOUR AU - Mendy, Vincent L. AU - Vargas, Rodolfo AU - Zhang, Lei PY - 2017 TI - Aspirin for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E77 VL - 14 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - We used data from the 2013 Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine aspirin use for the prevention of primary and secondary cardiovascular disease (CVD), based on the 2009 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines, among Mississippi men (aged 45-79 y) and women (aged 55-79 y) and to explore differences in aspirin use by sociodemographic characteristics. Among those without CVD, 39.1% of men and 45.9% of women reported taking aspirin, and among those with CVD, 85.9% of men and 85.1% of women reported taking aspirin. Data on preventive use of aspirin by sociodemographic characteristics yielded mixed results. SN - 1545-1151 UR - https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.170171 DO - 10.5888/pcd14.170171 ER -