Allostatic load in foreign-born and US-born blacks: Evidence from the 2001-2010 national health and nutrition examination survey

L.A. Doamekpor and G.Y. Dinwiddie

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 591-597

Abstract: Objectives. We tested whether the immigrant health advantage applies to non-Hispanic Black immigrants and examined whether nativity-based differences in allostatic load exist among non-Hispanic Blacks.

Keywords: biological marker, adult; Africa; African American; age distribution; allostasis; Black person; Caribbean; cultural factor; educational status; epidemiology; ethnology; family size; female; health disparity; human; male; migrant; nutrition; physiology; smoking; socioeconomics; statistical model; statistics and numerical data; time; United States, Acculturation; Adult; Africa; African Americans; African Continental Ancestry Group; Age Distribution; Allostasis; Biological Markers; Caribbean Region; Educational Status; Emigrants and Immigrants; Family Characteristics; Female; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Nutrition Surveys; Smoking; Socioeconomic Factors; Time Factors; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302285

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