ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2019
The association between perceived discrimination in midlife and peripheral neuropathy in a population-based cohort of women: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.
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- Financial strain measures and associations with adult health: A systematic literature review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Pooled it
- The association of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status on the severity of menopause symptoms: a study of 68,864 women.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Association of reproductive factors and exogenous hormone use with distal sensory polyneuropathy among postmenopausal women in the United States: results from 1999 to 2004 NHANES.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Association of Inflammatory Factors With Peripheral Neuropathy: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Article
- Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN).Women's midlife health · 2022Review
- Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy defined by monofilament insensitivity in middle-aged and older adults in two US cohorts.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Systemic racism, chronic health inequities, and COVID-19: A syndemic in the making?American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2020Review
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Abstract
purposePeripheral neuropathy (PN) is a highly prevalent condition with serious sequelae. Many studies of the condition have been restricted to populations with diabetes, limiting evidence of potential contributing risk factors including salient psychosocial risk factors such as discrimination.
methodsThe longitudinal Study of Women's Health Across the Nation was used to assess the relationship between perceived discrimination and prevalent PN in 1718 ethnically diverse midlife women. We used multivariable logistic regression to determine the association between perceived discrimination (Detroit Area Study Everyday Discrimination Scale) and PN (symptom questionnaire and monofilament testing) and conducted an assessment of the mediating effects of body mass index (BMI).
resultsThe prevalence of PN was 26.1% in the total sample and 40.9% among women with diabetes. Women who reported perceived discrimination had 29% higher odds of PN compared with women who did not report perceived discrimination (95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.66). Approximately 30% of the total effect of discrimination on PN was mediated indirectly by BMI.
conclusionsMore research is needed to determine the contributing factors to nondiabetic PN. Our findings reaffirm the impact of financial strain, BMI, and diabetes as significant correlates of PN and highlight discrimination as an important risk factor.
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