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Relationship between Perceived Stress and Blood Lipid Levels among Haitian Americans with and without Type 2 Diabetes
Author(s) -
Pinzon Natalia,
Negron Jenesis M,
Zarini Gustavo G,
Huffman Fatma G
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.594.11
This cross‐sectional study examined the relationship between perceived stress and blood lipid levels among 256 Haitian‐Americans with and without type 2 diabetes (T2D). Participants were recruited from multiple sources from Miami‐Dade and Broward Counties, Florida. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used to measure the perception of stress among participants. Blood lipids were determined with fasting blood samples. Statistical analysis included independent sample t‐test, chi‐square, and Pearson's correlation. The study controlled for age, gender, waist circumference (WC), marital status, employment status, insurance, and medications used. Our analysis showed that subjects with T2D were significantly older (p=.002), had a higher WC (p=.004), and a higher percentage were taking medications for lowering cholesterol (p=.001), hypertension (p=.001), and depression (p=.010) than subjects without T2D. Subjects without T2D had a higher percentage of employment (p=.002) and higher levels of LDL cholesterol (p=.014) than subjects with T2D. The findings of this study indicated that among Haitian Americans with and without T2D, perceived stress was not significantly correlated with blood lipid levels (p>.05). Funding for this research was provided through an NIH/NIDDK sponsored grant.