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Perceived discrimination is associated with health behaviours among African-Americans in the Jackson Heart Study
Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), v 70(2), pp 187-194
Feb 2016
PMID: 26417003
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Abstract
BackgroundUsing Jackson Heart Study data, we examined associations of multiple measures of perceived discrimination with health behaviours among African-Americans (AA).MethodsThe cross-sectional associations of everyday, lifetime and burden of discrimination with odds of smoking and mean differences in physical activity, dietary fat and sleep were examined among 4925 participants aged 35–84 years after adjustment for age and socioeconomic status (SES).ResultsMen reported slightly higher levels of everyday and lifetime discrimination than women and similar levels of burden of discrimination as women. After adjustment for age and SES, everyday discrimination was associated with more smoking and a greater percentage of dietary fat in men and women (OR for smoking: 1.13, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.28 and 1.19, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.34; mean difference in dietary fat: 0.37, p<0.05 and 0.43, p<0.01, in men and women, respectively). Everyday and lifetime discrimination were associated with fewer hours of sleep in men and women (mean difference for everyday discrimination: −0.08, p<0.05 and −0.18, p<0.001, respectively; and mean difference for lifetime discrimination: −0.08, p<0.05 and −0.24, p<0.001, respectively). Burden of discrimination was associated with more smoking and fewer hours of sleep in women only.ConclusionsHigher levels of perceived discrimination were associated with select health behaviours among men and women. Health behaviours offer a potential mechanism through which perceived discrimination affects health in AA.
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- Title
- Perceived discrimination is associated with health behaviours among African-Americans in the Jackson Heart Study
- Creators
- Mario Sims - University of Mississippi Medical CenterAna V Diez-Roux - Drexel UniversitySamson Y Gebreab - National Human Genome Research InstituteAllison Brenner - University of Michigan–Ann ArborPatricia Dubbert - University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesSharon Wyatt - University of Mississippi Medical CenterMarino Bruce - Jackson State UniversityDeMarc Hickson - My Brother's KeeperTom Payne - Department of Otolaryngology & Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USAHerman Taylor - Morehouse School of Medicine
- Publication Details
- Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), v 70(2), pp 187-194
- Publisher
- British Medical Journal (BMJ)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000369962000013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84958231213
- Other Identifier
- 991019168594904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health