Association of adiponectin and socioeconomic status in African American men and women: the Jackson heart study

Recent emphasis has been placed on elucidating the biologic mechanism linking socioeconomic status (SES) to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Positive associations of inflammatory biomarkers provide evidence suggestive of a biologic pathway by which SES may predispose to CVD. African Americans have disp...

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Published in:BMC public health 2016-06, Vol.16 (1), p.511-511, Article 511
Main Authors: Davis, Sharon K, Xu, Ruihua, Riestra, Pia, Gebreab, Samson Y, Khan, Rumana J, Gaye, Amadou, Hickson, DeMarc, Sims, Mario, Bidulescu, Aurelian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adiponectin
Adiponectin - blood
Adult
African Americans
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biomarkers
Body mass index
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases - blood
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographic aspects
Education
Ethnic factors
Female
Health aspects
Heart diseases
Humans
Income
Inflammation
Influence
Insulin resistance
Linear Models
Male
Men
Middle Aged
Mississippi - epidemiology
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Public health
Regression analysis
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Sex Distribution
Social Class
Social classes
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomics
Standard error
Studies
Women
Young Adult
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Summary:Recent emphasis has been placed on elucidating the biologic mechanism linking socioeconomic status (SES) to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Positive associations of inflammatory biomarkers provide evidence suggestive of a biologic pathway by which SES may predispose to CVD. African Americans have disproportionately lower SES and have a higher prevalence of CVD risk factors compared to most ethnic/racial groups. Adiponectin (an anti-inflammatory marker) is also lower. The objective of this study was to assess the association of adiponectin with SES among African American men and women using the Jackson Heart Study. Study sample included 4340 participants. Linear regression was performed separately by SES and stratified by sex. Annual household income and level of education was used as proxies for SES. Crude, age, health behavior and health status adjusted models were analyzed. The main outcome was log-transformed adiponectin. Men in the lowest income group had significantly higher adiponectin than those in the highest income group in the fully adjusted model (ß/standard error [se], p value = .16/.08, p = .0008. Men with 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-016-3167-x