The Effects of Job Instability and Financial Strain on C-Reactive Protein in a Sample of Mexican Immigrants | Zendy

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The Effects of Job Instability and Financial Strain on C-Reactive Protein in a Sample of Mexican Immigrants

Author(s) -

Patrick R. Steffen,

Jill Walker,

Richard Meredith,

Chris Anderson

Publication year - 2016

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.26.1.37

Subject(s) - acculturation , job strain , blood pressure , c reactive protein , stressor , immigration , medicine , inflammation , body mass index , endocrinology , demography , gerontology , clinical psychology , political science , psychiatry , psychosocial , sociology , law

Mexican immigrants have lower cardiovascular disease risk than US citizens, but risk increases with level of acculturation. Our study investigated whether job stress and financial strain would be related to inflammation (C-reactive protein), lipids, and blood pressure, and if they would play a role in the acculturation process in Mexican immigrants.

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