A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Everyday Discrimination Scale and biomarker outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Discrimination has consistently been associated with multiple adverse health outcomes. Like other psychosocial stressors, discrimination is thought to impact health through stress-related physiologic pathways including hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation, dysregulation of inflammation responses, and accelerated cellular aging. Given growing attention to research examining the biological pathways through which discrimination becomes embodied, this systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizes empirical evidence examining relationships between self-reported discrimination and four biomarker outcomes (i.e., cortisol, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and telomere length) among studies that have used the Everyday Discrimination Scale. We conducted a systematic

SUBMITTER: Lawrence JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9997446 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature