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SUBMITTER: Santos HP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6204298 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Santos Hudson P HP Nephew Benjamin C BC Bhattacharya Arjun A Tan Xianming X Smith Laura L Alyamani Reema Abdulrahman S RAS Martin Elizabeth M EM Perreira Krista K Fry Rebecca C RC Murgatroyd Christopher C
Psychoneuroendocrinology 20180816
Latina mothers, who have the highest fertility rate among all ethnic groups in the US, are often exposed to discrimination. The epigenetic changes related to this discrimination are largely unknown. This study is the first to explore the relationship between discrimination and DNA methylation of stress regulatory genes in Latinas. Our sample was Latina women (n = 147) with a mean age of 27.6 years who were assessed at 24-32 weeks' gestation (T1) and 4-6 weeks postpartum (T2) and reside in the U. ...[more]