Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, smoking and alcohol consumption in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Luisa N Borrell; Ana V Diez Roux; David R Jacobs, Jr; Steven Shea; Sharon A Jackson; Sandi Shrager; Roger S Blumenthal

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.05.017

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Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, smoking and alcohol consumption in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

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Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, smoking and alcohol consumption in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Luisa N Borrell, Ana V Diez Roux, David R Jacobs, Jr, Steven Shea, Sharon A Jackson, Sandi Shrager and Roger S Blumenthal

Preventive medicine, v 51(3-4)

Sep 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.05.017

PMID: 20609433

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Abstract

African Americans - psychology

African Americans - statistics & numerical data

Aged

Aged, 80 and over

Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology

Alcohol Drinking - ethnology

Alcohol Drinking - psychology

Alcoholism - epidemiology

Alcoholism - ethnology

Alcoholism - psychology

Atherosclerosis - epidemiology

Atherosclerosis - ethnology

Atherosclerosis - psychology

European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology

European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data

Female

Health Surveys

Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

Hispanic Americans - psychology

Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data

Humans

Logistic Models

Male

Middle Aged

Pneumococcal Vaccines

Prejudice

Smoking - epidemiology

Smoking - ethnology

Smoking - psychology

Social Perception

United States - epidemiology

To examine the association of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination with smoking and alcohol consumption in adults participating in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Data on 6680 black, Chinese, Hispanic and white adults aged 45 to 84 years of age recruited from Illinois, New York, Maryland, North Carolina, Minnesota and California during 2000 and 2002 were used for this analysis. Logistic regression was used to estimate the association of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination with smoking status and alcohol consumption for each racial/ethnic group separately. Blacks were more likely to experience racial/ethnic discrimination (43%) than Hispanics (19%), Chinese participants (10%) or whites (4%, P<0.0001). In the fully-adjusted model, blacks reporting racial/ethnic discrimination had 34% and 51% greater odds of reporting smoking and drinking, respectively, than blacks who did not report racial/ethnic discrimination. Hispanics reporting racial/ethnic discrimination had 62% greater odds of heavy drinking. Whites reporting racial/ethnic discrimination had 88% greater odds of reporting being current smokers than whites who did not report racial/ethnic discrimination. Our findings suggest that the experience of discrimination is associated with greater prevalence of unhealthy behaviors. Specifically, the use of smoking and alcohol may be patterned by experience of discrimination.

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Title: Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, smoking and alcohol consumption in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Creators: Luisa N Borrell - Lehman College
Ana V Diez Roux
David R Jacobs, Jr
Steven Shea - Columbia University
Sharon A Jackson - Jona Place Foundation
Sandi Shrager - University of Washington
Roger S Blumenthal - Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Publication Details: Preventive medicine, v 51(3-4)
Publisher: Elsevier
Grant note: N01HC95159 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95169 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01-HC-95159 / NHLBI NIH HHS P60MD002249 / NIMHD NIH HHS N01-HC-95165 / NHLBI NIH HHS R03 DE017901 / NIDCR NIH HHS R03 DE017901-03 / NIDCR NIH HHS R03DE017901 / NIDCR NIH HHS P60 MD002249 / NIMHD NIH HHS N01-HC-95169 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95165 / NHLBI NIH HHS
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Urban Health Collaborative; Drexel University
Web of Science ID: WOS:000282142500021
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-80155167359
Other Identifier: 991020111978104721

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Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, smoking and alcohol consumption in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

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