Self-reported racial discrimination, response to unfair treatment, and coronary calcification in asymptomatic adults - the North Texas Healthy Heart study

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Kathryn M Cardarelli¹  Richard Young²  Roberto Cardarelli³  Anna Espinoza³  Kimberly G Fulda³  Clifton Cage³  Jamboor Vishwanatha⁴  Joan Carroll⁴  Darryl N Steele⁵ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, 76107, Fort Worth, TX, USA;Department of Family Medicine, John Peter Smith Health Network, 1500 South Main St, 76104, Fort Worth, TX, USA;Department of Family Medicine, Primary Care Research Institute, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, 76107, Fort Worth, TX, USA;Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, 76107, Fort Worth, TX, USA;Family Medicine Private Practice, HEB Family Care Clinic, 76039, Euless, TX, USA;

关键词: Coronary Artery Calcification;    Racial Discrimination;    Coronary Artery Calcification Score;    Coronary Calcification;    Agatston Score;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-10-285

 received in 2009-08-28, accepted in 2010-05-27,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAccruing evidence supports the hypothesis that psychosocial factors are related to cardiovascular disease. However, a limited number of studies have investigated the pathophysiologic pathways through which these associations occur. The purpose of this study was to assess whether experiences of self-reported racial discrimination and reactions to unfair treatment were associated with coronary artery calcification (CAC), an indicator of subclinical coronary heart disease (CHD).MethodsThis cross-sectional study recruited 571 subjects (45 years and older) who were asymptomatic of CHD from Fort Worth, Texas from 2006 to 2008. Subjects completed a questionnaire, a multi-slice computed tomography scan to assess for CAC presence (measured as Agatston score >0), and serum chemistries. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between self-reported discrimination and CAC. Results were stratified by response to unfair treatment as it was found to significantly modify the relationship between discrimination and CAC.ResultsAmong those who passively responded to unfair treatment, the odds of having CAC present were approximately 3 times higher for those experiencing discrimination (OR, 2.95; 95% CI, 1.19-7.32) after adjusting for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, body mass index, hyperlipidemia, smoking status, hypertension, diabetes, and first degree relative with heart disease.ConclusionsThis is the first multi-racial/ethnic study to find racial discrimination associated with CAC, which differs based on how one responds to unfair treatment.

【 授权许可】

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