Self-reported experiences of everyday discrimination are associated with elevated C-reactive protein levels in older African-American adults

TT Lewis, AE Aiello, S Leurgans, J Kelly… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Self-reported experiences of “everyday” discrimination have been linked to indices of
cardiovascular disease and overall mortality and findings have been particularly …

Self-reported experiences of discrimination and inflammation among men and women: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.

KN Kershaw, TT Lewis, AVD Roux, NS Jenny… - Health …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: To examine associations of lifetime and everyday discrimination with
inflammation independent of sociodemographic characteristics. Method: Cross-sectional …

Everyday discrimination prospectively predicts inflammation across 7‐years in racially diverse midlife women: Study of women's health across the nation

DL Beatty Moody, C Brown, KA Matthews… - Journal of Social …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐reported discrimination has emerged as a predictor of negative psychological and
physical health outcomes across racial/ethnic groups. The goals of this study was to …

Inflammatory mechanisms underlying the effects of everyday discrimination on age-related memory decline

LB Zahodne, AZ Kraal, N Sharifian, AB Zaheed… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background/objectives Previous research suggests that everyday discrimination is
associated with worse episodic memory and partially mediates Black-White disparities in …

Perceived discrimination and incident cardiovascular events: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

SA Everson-Rose, PL Lutsey… - American journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Perceived discrimination is positively related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors; its
relationship with incident CVD is unknown. Using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of …

Perceived discrimination and markers of cardiovascular risk among low‐income A frican A merican youth

BJ Goosby, S Malone, EA Richardson… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Our study examines the relationship between perceived discrimination and levels
of C‐reactive protein and blood pressure in low‐income youth ages 10− 15 years old …

Chronic discrimination predicts higher circulating levels of E-selectin in a national sample: the MIDUS study

EM Friedman, DR Williams, BH Singer… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Chronic discrimination in both minority and non-minority populations is linked to adverse
health outcomes, including increased risk of cardiovascular disease and increased mortality …

Self-reported experiences of discrimination and cardiovascular disease

TT Lewis, DR Williams, M Tamene, CR Clark - Current cardiovascular risk …, 2014 - Springer
Researchers have long speculated that exposure to discrimination may increase
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk but compared to other psychosocial risk factors, large …

Racial/ethnic and gender differences in the association between self-reported experiences of racial/ethnic discrimination and inflammation in the CARDIA cohort of 4 …

TJ Cunningham, TE Seeman, I Kawachi… - Social science & …, 2012 - Elsevier
Inflammation is etiologically implicated in cardiometabolic diseases for which there are
known racial/ethnic disparities. Prior studies suggest there may be an association between …

Perceived discrimination and blood pressure in older African American and white adults

TT Lewis, LL Barnes, JL Bienias… - … Series A: Biomedical …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background The current study was designed to examine the cross-sectional association
between perceived discrimination and blood pressure (BP) in a sample of older African …