Perceptions of Race/Ethnic Discrimination in Relation to Mortality Among Black Women Results From the Black Women's Health Study

被引:53
作者
Albert, Michelle A. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Cozier, Yvette [4 ]
Ridker, Paul M. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Palmer, Julie R. [4 ]
Glynn, Robert J. [1 ]
Rose, Lynda [1 ]
Halevy, Nitsan [1 ]
Rosenberg, Lynn [4 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Sch Med, Ctr Cardiovasc Dis Prevent,Donald W Reynolds Ctr, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Sch Med, Div Cardiovasc Dis, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Sch Med, Div Prevent Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[4] Boston Univ, Slone Epidemiol Ctr, Boston, MA 02215 USA
关键词
RACIAL-DISCRIMINATION; BLOOD-PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE; PERCEIVED RACISM; RISK; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ADULTS;
D O I
10.1001/archinternmed.2010.116
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
100201 [内科学];
摘要
Background: Because racial discrimination is a form of chronic psychological stress that might unfavorably affect health, we examined whether perceived experiences of racism among black women are associated with mortality Methods: We followed 48 924 participants in the Black Women's Health Study (mean age, 40 5 years) for 8 years to assess the risk of all-cause mortality associated with perceived experiences of racism Subanalyses of cancer and cardiovascular mortality were also conducted Perceived racism was evaluated by 8 questions about institutionalized racism (unfair treatment on the job, in housing, or by the police) and everyday experiences of racism (eg, others acting as if the woman was not intelligent) We estimated the relative risk of death with Cox proportional hazard models, adjusting for traditional and socioenvironmental risk factors Results: During 412 224 person years of follow-up from 1997 to 2005, there were 920 deaths, including 277 due to cancer and 195 due to cardiovascular causes All-cause mortality was not associated with institutionalized racism (relative risk, 1 0, 95% confidence interval, 0.8-1.2) for the highest category vs the lowest or with everyday racism (relative risk, 0 9, 95% confidence interval, 0.8-1.2) for the highest quartile compared with the lowest Risk estimates for the highest categories of perceived racism relative to the lowest were greater than 1 0 for cancer deaths and less than 1 0 for cardiovascular disease death but were riot statistically significant Conclusions: In this large prospective study of black women, reported experiences of racism were not significantly related to mortality Longer follow-up of this relatively young cohort and further work is warranted in this complex area of research because continued race/ethnic disparities in mortality are not entirely explained by traditional risk factors
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