Experiences of Discrimination Are Associated With Worse Metabolic Syndrome Severity Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Although the development of MetS is attributed to known lifestyle factors, perceived discrimination may also contribute to MetS development and severity.

Purpose

We examined the associations of perceived discrimination with MetS severity among African American adults at baseline and 8-year follow-up.

Methods

Three thousand eight hundred and seventy participants (mean age 53.8 ± 13.0; 63.1% female) without diabetes and no missing MetS severity scores at baseline were included. Each self-reported measure of discrimination at baseline (everyday, lifetime, and burden of lifetime) was classified into tertiles (low, medium, high). After adjustment for dem

SUBMITTER: Cardel MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7980767 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature