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ArticleSSM - population health2019

Inflammation mediates the effect of discrimination, religiosity, and friendship network on expression of the

Ronald L Simons, Man-Kit Lei, Sierra Carter, Steven R H Beach, Frederick X Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, Robert A Philibert

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Article in SSM - population health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ronald L SimonsDepartment of Sociology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, Greece.
Man-Kit LeiDepartment of Sociology and Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605, Greece.
Sierra CarterDepartment of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Steven R H BeachDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602, Greece.
Frederick X GibbonsDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
Meg GerrardDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
Robert A PhilibertDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
University of Georgia · USUniversity of Connecticut · USGeorgia State University · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Health Behaviors among Young Black Adults: Risk and ResilienceR01DA021898 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI GIBBONS, FREDERICK X · 2008 to 2018
$8.6M
Vulnerability and Resiliency in African American ParentsR01MH062666 · NIMH · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CUTRONA, CAROLYN E · 2001 to 2010
$5.6M
Psychosocial Context and the Biological Clock: Changes in Weathering during Middle-AgeR01AG055393 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI SIMONS, RONALD L · 2017 to 2021
$3.4M
Psychological &Familial Influences on Health BehaviorR01MH062668 · NIMH · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GIBBONS, FREDERICK X · 2001 to 2005
$3.0M
Biomarkers of Health Risk Among African American CouplesR01HD080749 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI BEACH, STEVEN R, SIMONS, RONALD L · 2015 to 2019
$2.9M
Social Determinants of Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrom among African AmericansR01HL118045 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI SIMONS, RONALD L · 2014 to 2017
$2.3M
Social-Cognitive Model of Adolescent Substance UseR01DA018871 · NIDA · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GIBBONS, FREDERICK X · 2004 to 2009
$1.4M
The Effects of Smoking on DNA Methylation in Primary Human Lymphocytes.R21DA034457 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PHILIBERT, ROBERT A · 2012 to 2013
$370k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118045NIA NIH HHS R01 AG055393NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD080749NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA018871NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA021898NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA034457NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH062666NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH062668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveChronic inflammation and expression of the

methodsUsing structural equation modeling (SEM) and longitudinal observational data from a sample of several hundred African Americans, we tested the hypothesis that adversity - operationalized as racial discrimination- and coping resources - operationalized as religiosity and black friends - influence expression of

resultsCorrelational analysis showed inflammation and

conclusionsIn addition to its established contribution to cancer through DNA damage and cell proliferation, inflammation likely increases cancer risk indirectly by inhibiting expression of the

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PMCPMC6503223
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