Journal article
The Great Recession worsened blood pressure and blood glucose levels in American adults
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, v 115(13), pp 3296-3301
27 Mar 2018
PMID: 29531048
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Abstract
Longitudinal, individual-specific data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) provide support for the hypothesis that the 2008 to 2010 Great Recession (GR) negatively impacted the health of US adults. Results further advance understanding of the relationship by (
) illuminating hypothesized greater negative impacts in population subgroups exposed to more severe impacts of the GR and (
) explicitly controlling for confounding by individual differences in age-related changes in health over time. Analyses overcome limitations of prior work by (
) employing individual-level data that avoid concerns about ecological fallacy associated with prior reliance on group-level data, (
) using four waves of data before the GR to estimate and control for underlying individual-level age-related trends, (
) focusing on objective, temporally appropriate health outcomes rather than mortality, and (
) leveraging a diverse cohort to investigate subgroup differences in the GR's impact. Innovative individual fixed-effects modeling controlling for individual-level age-related trajectories yielded substantively important insights: (
) significant elevations post-GR for blood pressure and fasting glucose, especially among those on medication pre-GR, and (
) reductions in prevalence and intensity of medication use post-GR. Important differences in the effects of the GR are seen across subgroups, with larger effects among younger adults (who are likely still in the labor force) and older homeowners (whose declining home wealth likely reduced financial security, with less scope for recouping losses during their lifetime); least affected were older adults without a college degree (whose greater reliance on Medicare and Social Security likely provided more protection from the recession).
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- Title
- The Great Recession worsened blood pressure and blood glucose levels in American adults
- Creators
- Teresa Seeman - University of California, Los AngelesDuncan Thomas - Duke UniversitySharon Stein Merkin - University of California, Los AngelesKari Moore - Drexel UniversityKarol Watson - University of California, Los AngelesArun Karlamangla - University of California, Los Angeles
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, v 115(13), pp 3296-3301
- Publisher
- PNAS
- Grant note
- N01HC95169 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95161 / NHLBI NIH HHS R21 AG046589 / NIA NIH HHS N01HC95164 / NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201500003C / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95160 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95167 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95159 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95163 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95166 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95168 / NHLBI NIH HHS UL1 TR000040 / NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001079 / NCATS NIH HHS N01HC95165 / NHLBI NIH HHS N01HC95162 / NHLBI NIH HHS UL1 TR001420 / NCATS NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000428382400044
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85044429717
- Other Identifier
- 991019169596004721
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