Racial/ethnic disparities in adolescent obesity in the U.S. are stark, and the causes of these disparities are largely unknown. We used a cumulative risk index (CRI) to examine the role of social risk in racial/ethnic disparities in obesity. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and multinomial logistic regression, we examined the role of… Continue reading Cumulative social risk and racial/ethnic disparities in obesity during the transition to adulthood
Keyword: African Americans/statistics & Numerical Data
Variations in hypertension-related outcomes among Blacks, Whites and Hispanics in two large urban areas and in the United States
OBJECTIVE: This study compared the hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan to that of the general United States population (aged > or = 25 years) for the period 2001-2003. We examined whether and how much 1) urban populations have less favorable hypertension-related outcomes and 2) the rates of racial/ethnic… Continue reading Variations in hypertension-related outcomes among Blacks, Whites and Hispanics in two large urban areas and in the United States
Physical activity breaks and facilities in US secondary schools
BACKGROUND: Research on physical activity breaks and facilities (indoor and outdoor) in secondary schools is relatively limited. METHODS: School administrators and students in nationally representative samples of 8th (middle school) and 10th/12th grade (high school) students were surveyed annually from 2008-2009 to 2011-2012. School administrators reported information about physical activity breaks and facilities. Students self-reported… Continue reading Physical activity breaks and facilities in US secondary schools
Racial/ethnic disparities in hypertension prevalence: reconsidering the role of chronic stress
OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association between anticipatory stress, also known as racism-related vigilance, and hypertension prevalence in Black, Hispanic, and White adults. METHODS: We used data from the Chicago Community Adult Health Study, a population-representative sample of adults (n = 3105) surveyed in 2001 to 2003, to regress hypertension prevalence on the interaction between race/ethnicity… Continue reading Racial/ethnic disparities in hypertension prevalence: reconsidering the role of chronic stress
Black-white differences in age trajectories of hypertension prevalence among adult women and men, 1999-2002
OBJECTIVES: To describe age patterns of hypertension prevalence in young through middle-aged adults and to test the hypothesis that hypertension prevalence rises more rapidly with age among Blacks than Whites in the United States. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Using multiple logistics regression, we predicted probability of being hypertensive for participants ages 15-65 years in the… Continue reading Black-white differences in age trajectories of hypertension prevalence among adult women and men, 1999-2002