@article{ref1,
title="Racial discrimination and stigma consciousness are associated with higher blood pressure and hypertension in minority men",
journal="Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities",
year="2016",
author="Orom, Heather and Sharma, Chaman and Homish, Gregory G. and Underwood, Willie and Homish, D. Lynn",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: We examined whether lifetime racial discrimination and stigma consciousness (expecting to be stigmatized) are associated with blood pressure in minority and White middle-aged and older adult men. <br><br>DESIGN: Participants were 1533 men (mean age = 63.2 [SD = 7.9, range = 37.4-89.2]; 12.4 % Black, 7.8 % Hispanic, 2.0 % other) diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer. We separately modeled associations between discrimination/stigma consciousness and blood pressure outcomes for minorities and Whites controlling for education, income, employment status, age, marital status, BMI, and recruitment site. <br><br>RESULTS: Minorities reported more racial discrimination and stigma consciousness than Whites (ps < .001). For minorities, having experienced more racial discrimination was associated with having higher diastolic blood pressure (B = 0.15, p = .016) and having greater stigma consciousness was associated with greater odds of having hypertension (OR = 1.04, p = .047). Greater stigma consciousness was associated with lower systolic blood pressure in Whites (B = -0.24, p = .012). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Discrimination and stigma consciousness are associated with common risk factors for chronic disease and premature death that disproportionately affect minorities. <br><br>FINDINGS for stigma consciousness suggest that anticipatory vigilance may be impacting minority health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2197-3792",
doi="10.1007/s40615-016-0284-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-016-0284-2"
}