Abstract：
:We investigated whether darker interviewer-ascribed skin color is associated with worse cardiometabolic health among young adult Blacks and Hispanics in the United States. Our sample was comprised of 2,128 non-Hispanic Blacks and 1603 Hispanics aged 24-32, who were in high school in the United States in 1994. We used logistic and OLS regression to predict obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiometabolic risk. We tested the interaction between Hispanic immigrant generation and ascribed skin color. Darker ascribed skin color predicted worse cardiometabolic health among both young adult Blacks and Hispanics. Among Hispanics, the associations were strongest among third and higher generation respondents. Our findings suggest that among US Blacks and Hispanics how individuals are perceived by others via their skin color is significantly associated with their health and well-being. Gradients in cardiometabolic health in young adulthood will likely contribute to gradients in cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality later in life.
journal_name
J Immigr Minor Healthjournal_title
Journal of immigrant and minority healthauthors
Wassink J,Perreira KM,Harris KMdoi
10.1007/s10903-016-0495-ysubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-10-01 00:00:00pages
1018-1026issue
5eissn
1557-1912issn
1557-1920pii
10.1007/s10903-016-0495-yjournal_volume
19pub_type
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journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health
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journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health
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journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health
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journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health
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journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health
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journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health
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journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health
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