酒精和炎症:检查性别认同和种族/民族的交叉点上的差异
Ethan Morgan1, Allen Mallory2, Nathaniel Albright3
1College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States; College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)
|November 12, 2023
概括
性少数群体,特别是报告大量使用酒精的双性人,表现出炎症升高. 这与异性恋者不同,突出了酒精差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 生物医学科学 生物医学科学
背景情况:
- 性少数群体 (SMs) 的酒精消费和炎症比异性恋者高.
- 有限的研究探讨了SM小组内的酒精-炎症联系,特别是那些具有多重边缘化身份的人.
研究的目的:
- 调查性少数群体中酒精使用,炎症和种族/种族之间的关联.
- 根据性认同和交叉边缘化,识别这些协会中的差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自3220名参与者的国家健康和营养调查 (2015-2016) 数据.
- 雇员调查加权的多变量线性回归分析酒精使用类别,重度插曲性饮酒和C反应蛋白 (CRP).
- 按性别身份分层模型,以检查酒精和种族/种族对CRP的差异影响.
主要成果:
- 种族/种族和CRP之间的关联在性别认同分层时有显著差异,特别是在多个边缘化身份的个体中.
- 在异性恋者中观察到典型的J形酒精-炎症关系,但在SM小组中没有.
- 报告重度饮酒的双性人与非饮酒者相比,CRP显著升高.
结论:
- 在性少数群体中,酒精使用和炎症的关联有很大差异,特别是在双性恋的大量饮酒者中.
- 这项研究强调了在健康差异研究中需要考虑交叉身份 (性和种族/民族) 的必要性.
- 未来的干预措施必须考虑到这些细微差别,以有效地减少不同SM人群之间的健康差异.
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