Racial discrimination predicts greater systemic inflammation in pregnant African American women

Chronic exposure to racial discrimination by pregnant African American women may lead to allostatic overload; thereby, predisposing women to systemic inflammation. Thus, the goal of this study was to examine if experiences of racial discrimination are related to systemic inflammation in pregnant African Americans.

Source: Applied Nursing Research : ANR - June 22, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Carmen Giurgescu, Christopher G. Engeland, Thomas N. Templin, Shannon N. Zenk, Mary Dawn Koenig, Lindsey Garfield Tags: Original Article Source Type: research