交叉的身份,炎症和性:种族,种族和教育的影响
Andrew Alberth1, Heather R Farmer2, Alison C Rataj1
1Department of Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston.
概括
高等教育为性别多元的成年人提供了更好的保护,防止C-反应蛋白 (CRP) 水平升高. 对于非西班牙裔黑人成年人来说,性取向也对CRP产生了保护作用.
科学领域:
- 社会流行病学 社会流行病学
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 在衰老中的生物标志物
背景情况:
- C-反应蛋白 (CRP) 是一种关键的炎症生物标志物,与各种慢性疾病有关.
- 了解种族/种族和性取向等社会因素如何与健康相交,对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 中年成人代表了与年龄相关的健康状况发展的关键时期.
研究的目的:
- 检查种族/种族和性取向对中年成人全国样本中C反应性蛋白 (CRP) 水平的相互作用.
- 研究性多样性个体中教育成就对CRP水平的差异影响.
- 探索种族/民族和教育程度如何改变性与CRP之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自2016年健康与退休研究生物标志物模块的1,401名中年成年人的数据.
- 将同性恋,同性恋或双性恋 (性多样性) 和异性恋个人之间的C反应性蛋白 (CRP) 水平进行比较.
- 使用普通最小平方回归来评估关联,包括性和种族/种族之间的相互作用,以及性和教育程度之间的相互作用,控制共变量.
主要成果:
- 与异性恋受访者相比,更高的教育程度对性别多样性的受访者对CRP水平产生了更显著的保护作用.
- 性取向对非西班牙裔黑人受访者来说是微不足道的重要和差异性保护,这表明CRP风险较低.
- 性欲并没有显著改变所有群体的种族/种族和CRP水平之间的关联.
结论:
- 教育成就成为性多样性成年人抗高CRP的潜在重要保护因素.
- 在种族/种族多样化的老年人中,CRP的差异不受教育程度的影响.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索潜在的途径,例如增强性和肯定关系,这可能会保护女同性恋,同性恋,双性恋和非西班牙裔黑人成年人.
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