ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2020
Discrimination, social support, and telomere length: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Social support and telomere length: a meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Association between Childhood Exposure to Family Violence and Telomere Length: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Everyday Discrimination Scale and biomarker outcomes.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Perceived Discrimination and Immunological Aging: A Systematic Review of Cellular and Molecular Markers.Biopsychosocial science and medicinePooled it
- Chronic Stress and Cardiovascular Health: The MESA and MASALA Studies.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Perceived Experiences of racism in Relation to Genome-Wide DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Aging in the Black Women's Health Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Intersectionality and Social Drivers of Health in Cardiovascular Care.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2024Review
- Structural and social determinants of health: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.PloS one · 2024Article
- The relationship between greenspace exposure and telomere length in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity, telomere length and the potential modifying effects of social support in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- The Water Surrounding the Iceberg: Cultural Racism and Health Inequities.The Milbank quarterly · 2023Article
- By what molecular mechanisms do social determinants impact cardiometabolic risk?Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2023Review
- There is urgent need to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk earlier, more intensively, and with greater precision: A review of current practice and recommendations for improved effectiveness.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2022Review
- Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease.Circulation research · 2022Review
- Longitudinal Associations Between Discrimination, Neighborhood Social Cohesion, and Telomere Length: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2021Article
- Absent Relations of Religious Coping to Telomere Length in African American and White Women and Men.Experimental aging researchArticle
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Abstract
purposeWe sought to assess the association of reports of discrimination with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and effect measure modification by social support.
methodsThis study used data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Stress Ancillary Study (n = 1153). Discrimination was measured using the everyday discrimination and the major experiences of discrimination scales. LTL was defined as the ratio of telomeric DNA to single-copy control gene (mean = 0.916, SD = 0.205). Linear regression models were used to examine the relationship between discrimination and LTL.
resultsWe found no association between either measure of discrimination and LTL, but there was evidence of effect modification by social support (P (χ
conclusionsThese findings underscore the importance of continued investigation of the potential health consequences of chronic unfair treatment in the absence of supportive resources.
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