Disparities by Skin Color Among Young African-American Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Light-skin disadvantage (hypothesized to result from resentment by darker-skinned individuals) has been described in majority African-American populations but is less studied than dark-skin disadvantage. We investigated both light- and dark-skin disadvantage in a contemporary African-American study population.

Methods

We used skin reflectance and questionnaire data from 1693, young African-American women in Detroit, Michigan, and dichotomized outcomes as advantaged/disadvantaged. We compared outcomes for women with light vs. medium skin color with prevalence differences (PDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and dark-skin disadvantage with prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% CIs for a 10-unit increase in skin color.

Results

There was little evidence for light

SUBMITTER: Moore KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8351471 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature