Racial/ethnic and gender differences in the association between self-reported experiences of racial/ethnic discrimination and inflammation in the CARDIA cohort of 4 US communities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 922-931

  Cunningham, Timothy J ^a   Seeman, Teresa E ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Jacobs, David R ^c   Kiefe, Catarina I ^d   Berkman, Lisa F ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; C reactive protein; Gender; Hierarchical linear models; Inflammation; Racial ethnic discrimination; USA; Whites

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH RISK; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862756938     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.027     Document Type: Article

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