TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between discrimination and obesity in African-American men
AU - Thorpe, Roland J.
AU - Parker, Lauren J.
AU - Cobb, Ryon J.
AU - Dillard, Felicia
AU - Bowie, Janice
N1 - Funding Information:
Research support was funded by grant #P60MD000214 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health. The second author was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Drug Epidemiology training grant T32DA007292. The third author was supported by the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health (grant numbers T32-AG000037 and P30AG017265).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Society for Biodemography and Social Biology.
PY - 2017/7/3
Y1 - 2017/7/3
N2 - The objective of this study was to examine the association between discrimination and obesity among a U.S. nationally representative sample of African-American men. Data from the 2001–2003 National Survey of American Life (NSAL) were used to collect measures of everyday and major discrimination, and body mass index (BMI) taken from self-reports. Poisson regression with robust standard errors was applied to estimate the prevalence ratios of everyday and major discrimination as it relates to obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), controlling for potential confounders. In the model that included both everyday and major discrimination, men who experienced any major discrimination had a higher likelihood of obesity (prevalence ratio [PR] = 1.33, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06, 1.66) than those who did not experience any major discrimination, controlling for age, marital status, income, education, major stressors, two or more chronic conditions, and physical activity. Exposure to any major discrimination was found to be associated with obesity in African-American men. Future studies among this population are needed to examine whether the observed changes in self-reports of major discrimination are associated with obesity, measured by BMI, over time. The health of African-American men must be a priority in reducing excess disparities in disease, disability, and death.
AB - The objective of this study was to examine the association between discrimination and obesity among a U.S. nationally representative sample of African-American men. Data from the 2001–2003 National Survey of American Life (NSAL) were used to collect measures of everyday and major discrimination, and body mass index (BMI) taken from self-reports. Poisson regression with robust standard errors was applied to estimate the prevalence ratios of everyday and major discrimination as it relates to obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), controlling for potential confounders. In the model that included both everyday and major discrimination, men who experienced any major discrimination had a higher likelihood of obesity (prevalence ratio [PR] = 1.33, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06, 1.66) than those who did not experience any major discrimination, controlling for age, marital status, income, education, major stressors, two or more chronic conditions, and physical activity. Exposure to any major discrimination was found to be associated with obesity in African-American men. Future studies among this population are needed to examine whether the observed changes in self-reports of major discrimination are associated with obesity, measured by BMI, over time. The health of African-American men must be a priority in reducing excess disparities in disease, disability, and death.
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U2 - 10.1080/19485565.2017.1353406
DO - 10.1080/19485565.2017.1353406
M3 - Article
C2 - 29035104
AN - SCOPUS:85031772876
SN - 1948-5565
VL - 63
SP - 253
EP - 261
JO - Biodemography and Social Biology
JF - Biodemography and Social Biology
IS - 3
ER -