Social Discrimination

The nature of the relationship between discrimination, smoking and features of CVD is complex and varies by race and sex, according to a moderated mediation analysis published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Laura B. Enyedi, MD, Laura M. Periman, MD, and Dagny Zhu, MD, discuss bullying, harassment and discrimination in the workplace with Audrey Talley Rostov, MD.

WASHINGTON — Adolescents of a sexual minority reported fewer hours of sleep per night, longer sleep latency and more sleep disturbances, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

U.S. adults who reported negative health care experiences because of discrimination based on their race or ethnicity were less likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a study found.

U.S. adults who report exposure to high levels of workplace discrimination are 54% more likely to develop hypertension compared with people who report low levels of discrimination exposure, researchers reported.

People who experienced lifetime and everyday discrimination had elevated risk for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality compared with those who did not, according to data published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Clinicians must consider adverse social factors and nonbiological variables, such as language barriers, health care access and discrimination, to better address CVD risk among women from underrepresented backgrounds, researchers reported.

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and end-stage kidney disease are less likely to be evaluated to kidney transplantation compared to peers without disabilities, according to data published in JAMA Surgery.

CHICAGO — In MI survivors younger than 55 years, those who reported perceived discrimination had worse outcomes in the year after their MI vs. those who did not, researchers reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Increased levels of discrimination were associated with higher odds of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation, especially among Hispanic or Latino individuals, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.