ReviewJournal of psychosomatic research2021
The impact of discrimination on allostatic load in adults: An integrative review of literature.
Review in Journal of psychosomatic research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05574933 (Racism-based Stress Injury and Biomarkers of Stress), which is not on this map. Cited by 52 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Racism-based Stress Injury and Biomarkers of Stress: A Feasibility Study and Correlation Study
Who cites it
52 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effects of allostatic load on patients undergoing surgery: a systematic review.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Racism and Older Black Americans' Health: a Systematic Review.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Perceived Discrimination and Immunological Aging: A Systematic Review of Cellular and Molecular Markers.Biopsychosocial science and medicinePooled it
- The racial trauma task force: Clinical-community psychology approaches to healing racial trauma during COVID-19.American journal of community psychology · 2026Article
- The Effect of Everyday Discrimination on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity and Mental Health Outcomes.The Journal of rheumatology · 2026Article
- Internet-Based Microaggressions, Mental Health, and Stress: Development and Validation of the Internet-based Microagressions Scale.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- CVD Environmental Health Disparities Tool: systematic evidence mapping of psychosocial stressors, environmental exposures, and cardiovascular diseases to inform disparities research and action.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Review
- Associations Between Perceived Discrimination Events and Next-Day Emotions Assessed Via Ecological Momentary Assessments.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2026Article
- Racialized Sex-Based Harassment: A U.S.-Based Intersectional Framework for Understanding Harassment of Black Women and Men.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations between amygdala connectivity and experienced discrimination in children.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Racial Discrimination-Related Interoceptive Network Disruptions: A Pathway to Disconnection.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2026Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Underlie Race-Related Differences in Neural Reactivity to Stress.Behavioural neurology · 2026Article
- Discrimination, depressive symptoms, and prescription opioid misuse among adults with chronic pain who engage in hazardous drinking.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2026Article
- Discrimination and Health: Results of the Panel 'Health in Germany' 2024.Journal of health monitoring · 2026Article
- Epigenome-wide association study of perceived discrimination in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).Epigenetics · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to the Success of Black Academic Physicians.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Hidden costs of unaffordable housing: Exploring the multidimensional and intersecting health effects on Black Americans.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Prospective study of oil spill cleanup-related exposure to volatile organic compounds and glycemic dysregulation.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- Associations between perceived discrimination and health: a cross-sectional public health study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Oil spill cleanup related exposures to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, and n-hexane and incident diabetes mellitus.Environmental research · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of the paper is to critically review the current state of the literature on the association between discrimination and allostatic load (AL) in adults and determine whether this association differs by sociodemographic characteristics.
methodsAn extensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Embase to identify studies that investigated the association between discrimination and AL. The search was limited to the English language, articles that were peer-reviewed and articles that were published within the last 10 years.
resultsA total of 11 studies met the eligibility criteria for this review, 8 of which were cross-sectional and 3 of which were longitudinal. There was heterogeneity in the type of discrimination measured, the composition of AL summary score, and the analytic approach utilized to examine the relationship of interest. Nine studies found a significant, positive association between discrimination and AL. The types of discrimination found to be positively associated with AL included lifetime discrimination, childhood racial discrimination, everyday discrimination, and everyday weight discrimination. One study found that this association differed by educational attainment.
conclusionThere is evidence that discrimination is associated with AL. Longitudinal studies with diverse samples are needed to further explore this association and how it differs based on sociodemographic characteristics.
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