Investigating the association between educational attainment and allostatic load with risk of cancer mortality among African American women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African American (AA) women navigate the world with multiple intersecting marginalized identities. Accordingly, AA women have higher cumulative stress burden or allostatic load (AL) compared to other women. Studies suggest that AA women with a college degree or higher have lower AL than AA women with less than a high school diploma. We examined the joint effect of educational attainment and AL status with long-term risk of cancer mortality, and whether education moderated the association between AL and cancer mortality.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis among 4,677 AA women within the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1988 to 2010 with follow-up data through December 31, 2019. We fit weighted Cox proportional hazards models

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463695 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature