Lifetime discrimination in low to middle income mothers and cellular aging: A prospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Experiences of discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and other characteristics are associated with adverse health outcomes, including elevated rates of morbidity in later life and earlier mortality. Acceleration of biological aging is a plausible pathway linking discrimination to disease risk. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship of self-reported lifetime and everyday discrimination to women's telomere length several years after birth of a child in a longitudinal cohort study.

Methods

The Community Child Health Network (CCHN) conducted a community-based participatory research project focused on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in maternal and child health. Data for the current substudy are from a longitudinal cohort st

SUBMITTER: Carroll JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10024938 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature