黑人男女中自雇,教育程度和高血压
Caryn N Bell1, Carlos D Tavares2, Jessica L Owens-Young3
1Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Science, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Frontiers in epidemiology
|March 8, 2024
概括
全职自雇可能会降低黑人成年人的高血压风险. 然而,一些自雇收入可能会增加黑人男性的高血压风险,特别是那些受教育程度较低的人.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 自雇与更好的健康和教育有关.
- 美国黑人拥有较低的自雇率.
- 对自雇,健康和黑人美国人的研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 研究教育如何影响黑人成年人中自雇和高血压之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 利用了2007-2018年国家健康和营养检查调查数据.
- 将2855名非西班牙裔黑人参与者分类为就业类型.
- 雇员修改Poisson回归来分析自雇,教育和高血压.
主要成果:
- 全职自雇显示高血压的风险较低 (RR=0.82).
- 在非全职自雇的黑人男性中,教育缓解了高血压风险.
- 较低的教育程度与自雇黑人男性高血压率有关.
结论:
- 全职自雇与黑人成年人的高血压风险降低有关.
- 兼职自雇可能会增加低学历的黑人男性的高血压风险.
- 需要进一步研究性别和教育在自雇和高血压中的作用.
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