Financial responsibility, financial context, and ambulatory blood pressure in early middle-aged African-American women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African-American women have excess rates of elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension compared to women of all other racial/ethnic backgrounds. Several researchers have speculated that race and gender-related socioeconomic status (SES) stressors might play a role.

Objective

To examine the association between a novel SES-related stressor highly salient among African-American women, financial responsibility for one's household, and 48-h ambulatory BP. We further examined whether aspects related to African-American women's financial context (e.g., single parenthood, household income, marital status) played a role.

Methods

Participants were N = 345 employed, healthy African-American women aged 30-46 from diverse SES backgrounds who underwent 48-h ambulatory

SUBMITTER: Lewis TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11014723 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature