The effect of early discrimination on accelerated aging among African Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined the role of depressive symptoms in mediating the relationship between early life experiences of racial discrimination and accelerated aging in adulthood for African Americans (i.e., prediction over a 19-year period, from ages 10 to 29) after adjusting for gender and health behaviors.

Method

Longitudinal self-report data over 7 waves of data collection from the Family and Community Health Study were utilized. The sample included 368 African Americans with usable gene expression data to compute accelerated aging, as well as complete data on all self-report variables including racial discrimination (Schedule of Racist Events) and depression (Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-Version 4). Blood was collected by antecubital blood draws from p

SUBMITTER: Carter SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800763 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature