The associations of multiple dimensions of discrimination and abdominal fat in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discrimination may be adversely associated with abdominal obesity, but few studies have examined associations with abdominal fat.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine whether discrimination was independently associated with visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous (SAT) fat and whether these associations differed by sex and age.

Methods

Participants self-reported experiences of everyday and lifetime discrimination. The main reason for and the coping response to these experiences were also reported. VAT and SAT were quantified by computed tomography.

Results

In fully adjusted models, higher reports of everyday discrimination were associated with greater SAT, but not VAT, volumes in men only: SAT increased by 3.6 (standard error = 1.8) cm(3) for eac

SUBMITTER: Hickson DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3391604 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature