Perceived Control Predicts Pulse Pressure in African American Men: The Baltimore Study of Black Aging
Author(s) -
LaBarron K. Hill,
Regina Wright,
Adrienne T. AikenMorgan,
Alyssa Gamaldo,
Christopher L. Edwards,
Keith E. Whitfield
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.25.3.263
Subject(s) - psychosocial , african american , gerontology , medicine , disease , pulse pressure , demography , depression (economics) , multilevel model , psychology , blood pressure , psychiatry , ethnology , macroeconomics , machine learning , sociology , history , computer science , economics
Poorer health profiles among African American men throughout the life course evince greater rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and significantly earlier mortality compared with other groups. Despite growing emphasis on identifying how psychosocial factors influence disparate disease risk, little of this research has focused intently on African American men.
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