Racial and ethnic differences in the associations between social integration, C-reactive protein and depressive symptoms.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluates whether the associations between social integration, inflammation, and depressive symptoms vary by race/ethnicity in the United States. Our study includes 5,634 respondents age 40 and older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 2005-2008. We fit multivariate logistic regression models with interactions between C-reactive protein (CRP) and race/ethnicity as well as social integration and race/ethnicity to test our hypotheses. We find that social integration and CRP operate independently in their associations with depressive symptoms by race/ethnicity. Higher levels of social integration are associated with lower predicted probability of depressive symptoms for White and Black populations. This association is not statistically significant for the

SUBMITTER: Chapman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501457 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature