One step back in understanding racial differences in birth weight

One step forwards, one step back.

Social and anthropometric factors explaining racial/ethnical differences in birth weight in the United States

Though disparities in birth weight by race/ethnicity have been extensively reported in the United States, few studies have systematically investigated factors attributing to its variability. For 10,638,415 singleton infants born during 2009-2012 in the United States, we examined birth weight differences among 14 races and ethnicities (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Black, American Indian, Asi...

Religiosity and telomere length: One step forward, one step back.

a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Program on Integrative Knowledge and Human Flourishing, Harvard University, National Consortium on Psychosocial Stress, Spirituality, and Health, United States b Harvard Medical School, Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities, National Consortium on Psychosocial Stress, Spirituality, ...

racial differences in secondary hyperparathyroidism

Marital Status and Physical Health: Racial Differences

Background and aims: As suggested by the Minorities’ Diminished Return Theory, the associationbetween socioeconomic status and health is weaker for racial and ethnic minorities compared toWhites. The current study compared Blacks and Whites in terms of the association between maritalstatus and physical health.Methods: The State of the State Survey (SOSS) included 881 adu...