Race and Resting-State Heart Rate Variability in Brazilian Civil Servants and the Mediating Effects of Discrimination: An ELSA-Brasil Cohort Study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 950-958

  Kemp, Andrew H ^a,b,c   Koenig, Julian ^d   Thayer, Julian F ^d   Bittencourt, Marcio S ^a   Pereira, Alexandre C ^a   Santos, Itamar S ^a   Dantas, Eduardo M ^e   Mill, José G ^f   Chor, Dora ^g   Ribeiro, Antonio L P ^h   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

discrimination; heart rate variability; HRV; mediation analysis; propensity score weighting; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZILIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTING HEART RATE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BRAZIL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM;

EID: 84976596503     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000359     Document Type: Article

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