ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2018
Elevated inflammation in association with alcohol abuse among Blacks but not Whites: results from the MIDUS biomarker study.
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- Biological age and brain age in midlife: relationship to multimorbidity and mental health.Neurobiology of aging · 2023Article
- Individuals with both higher recent negative affect and physical pain have higher levels of C-reactive protein.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2022Article
- Subjective age and inflammation risk in midlife adults: Findings from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) studies.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2021Article
- Genome-wide admixture mapping of DSM-IV alcohol dependence, criterion count, and the self-rating of the effects of ethanol in African American populations.American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics · 2021Article
- The Association Between Loneliness and Inflammation: Findings From an Older Adult Sample.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Article
- The role of substance use, smoking, and inflammation in risk for suicidal behavior.Journal of affective disorders · 2019Article
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- Negative and positive affect as predictors of inflammation: Timing matters.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2018Article
- Association Between Socioeconomic Status Mobility and Inflammation Markers Among White and Black Adults in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis.Psychosomatic medicineArticle
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Abstract
Some studies document racial disparities in self-reported health associated with alcohol use and abuse. However, few studies examined biomarkers that underlie the onset of alcohol-related chronic diseases. We investigated whether the association between alcohol abuse and five biomarkers of inflammation (CRP, IL-6, fibrinogen, E-selectin, sICAM-1) vary between Black and White Americans aged 35 to 84 (n = 1173) from the Midlife in the United States Biomarker Study. Multivariable Ordinary Least Squares regressions were used to assess Black-White differences in the association between alcohol abuse and the biomarkers. Race moderated the association between alcohol abuse and CRP (b = 0.56, SE = 0.28, p = 0.048), IL-6 (b = 0.65, SE = 0.22, p = 0.004), and a composite inflammation score (b = 0.014, SE = 0.07, p = 0.041). These findings potentially shed light for why alcohol has a stronger negative association with poorer health for Blacks compared to Whites. Analysis should be replicated in larger prospective cohorts.
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