ArticleSSM - population health2018
The contribution of three dimensions of allostatic load to racial/ethnic disparities in poor/fair self-rated health.
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- Disparities in Allostatic Load Among Different Races: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- Accumulating burden: Exposure to interpersonal discrimination based on multiple attributes and allostatic load.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Comparing different operationalizations of allostatic load measured in mid-life and their patterning by race and cumulative life course socioeconomic status.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2022Article
- Investigation of Differences in Allostatic Load among Black Men by Level of Educational Attainment: High School Graduates Experience the Highest Levels of Stress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Social status differences in allostatic load among young adults in the United States.SSM - population health · 2021Article
- The relationship between traffic-related air pollution exposures and allostatic load score among youth with type 1 diabetes in the SEARCH cohort.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Racial and ethnic differences in the associations between social integration, C-reactive protein and depressive symptoms.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Racial Non-equivalence of Socioeconomic Status and Self-rated Health among African Americans and Whites.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Foreign-Born Hispanic Women's Health Patterns in Allostatic Load Converge to U.S.-Born Hispanic Women at a Slower Tempo Compared With Men.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study evaluates whether different dimensions of physiological dysregulation, modeled individually rather than additively mediate racial/ethnic disparities in self-reported health.
methodsUsing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005-2010) and the Karlson, Hold, and Breen (KHB) mediation model, this paper explores what operationalization of biomarker data most strongly mediate racial/ethnic disparities in poor/fair self-rated health (SRH) among adults in the United States, net of demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, and medication controls.
resultsNon-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics had significantly higher odds of reporting poor/fair self-rated health in comparison to non-Hispanic whites. Operationalizations of allostatic load that disaggregate three major dimensions of physiological dysregulation mediate racial/ethnic disparities strongly between non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites, but not between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites. Disaggregating these dimensions explains racial/ethnic disparities in poor/fair SRH better than the continuous score. Analyses on sex-specific disparities indicate differences in how individual dimensions of allostatic load contribute to racial/ethnic disparities in poor/fair SRH differently. All individual dimensions are strong determinants of poor/fair SRH for males. In contrast, for females, the only dimension that is significantly associated with poor/fair SRH is inflammation. For the analytic sample, additive biomarker scores fit the data as well or better than other approaches, suggesting that this approach is most appropriate for explaining individual differences. However, in sex-specific analyses, the interactive approach models fit the data best for men and women.
conclusionsFuture researchers seeking to explain racial/ethnic disparities in full or sex-stratified samples should consider disaggregating allostatic load by dimension.
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