ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2019
Cardiovascular disease risk factors are elevated among a cohort of young sexual and gender minorities in Chicago.
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- Conversion Therapy Exposure and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk.JAMA network open · 2025Observational
- A longitudinal analysis of the association between changes in sexual identity and cardiovascular disease risks.Annals of LGBTQ public and population health · 2024Article
- Sexual and Gender Minority Differences in Likelihood of Being a Caregiver and Levels of Caregiver Strain in a Sample of Older Adults.Journal of homosexuality · 2024Article
- Alcohol and inflammation: Examining differences at the intersection of sexual identity and race/ethnicity.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Differences in cardiovascular risk factors associated with sex and gender identity, but not gender expression, in young, healthy cisgender adults.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Sexual minorities are not a homogeneous population: health disparity differences based on residence in rural versus urban settings.Rural and remote health · 2023Article
- Inflammation Assessed by Latent Profiling is Associated with Stress and Suicidality but not Depression: Findings from the RADAR Cohort Study.Annals of LGBTQ public and population health · 2023Article
- Sexual minorities are at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease from a younger age than heterosexuals.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- A biopsychosocial framework for understanding sexual and gender minority health: A call for action.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2021Review
- Plasma C-reactive protein is lower among marijuana using HIV-negative individuals but not among persons living with HIV.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- It's not just about being queer: Intersectional risk of suicide and premature mortality in later life among LGBT veterans.The American psychologistArticle
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Abstract
To date, little research has examined cardiovascular (CVD) risk among young sexual and gender minorities, a population which behavioral research has suggested may be at unique risk of poor CVD outcomes. We assessed behavioral risk factors and biomarkers of CVD risk among young sexual and gender minorities (YSGM) aged 16-29 in Chicago who are participants in the RADAR cohort (analytic N = 936). Multiplex cytokine and inflammatory biomarker assays were run on plasma from all HIV+ participants and demographically-matched HIV- participants (n = 237). Geographic data were used to assess mean C-reactive protein (CRP) level per community area of residence in Chicago. YSGM in this cohort exhibited lower rates of obesity (19.2% in RADAR vs. 35.7% in earlier studies of heterosexual youth) and comparable rates of past 30-day tobacco use (37.9 vs. 38.1%). Conversely, higher rates were observed among several other risk factors including C-reactive protein (mean = 6.9 mg/L vs. 2.1 mg/L), marijuana use (72.5 vs. 45.3%), perceived stress (mean = 15.5 vs. 14.2), and HIV (20.0 vs. < 1% nationally). Finally, we observed geographic heterogeneity in mean CRP values by community area across the Chicago region with the highest and lowest values both found in neighborhoods on the North side of the city. In sum, these analyses demonstrate that YSGM may be at increased risk of CVD beginning from an early age. Future research should assess whether sexual minority-related stressors increase long-term CVD risk and should also longitudinally study the role of multiple risk factors on CVD morbidity and mortality among YSGM.
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