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SUBMITTER: Hickson DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3391604 | biostudies-other | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hickson DeMarc A DA Lewis Tené T TT Liu Jiankang J Mount David L DL Younge Sinead N SN Jenkins William C WC Sarpong Daniel F DF Williams David R DR
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 20120201 1
<h4>Background</h4>Discrimination may be adversely associated with abdominal obesity, but few studies have examined associations with abdominal fat.<h4>Purpose</h4>The purpose of this study was to examine whether discrimination was independently associated with visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous (SAT) fat and whether these associations differed by sex and age.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants self-reported experiences of everyday and lifetime discrimination. The main reason for and the coping response t ...[more]