title: Racism and ambulatory blood pressure in a community sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Racism has been identified as a psychosocial stressor that may contribute to disparities in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease. The goal of the present article was to investigate the relationship of perceived racism to ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in a sample of American-born Blacks and Latinos.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants included English-speaking Black or Latino(a) adults between the ages of 24 and 65. They completed daily mood diaries and measures of perceived racism, socioeconomic status, and hostility. Participants were outfitted with ABP monitors; 357 provided data on waking hours only, and 245 provided data on both waking and nocturnal ABP.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Perceived racism was positively associated with nocturnal ABP even when controlling for personality factors and socioeconomic status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that racism may influence cardiovascular disease risk through its effects on nocturnal BP recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA. brondole@stjohns.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brondolo
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Libby
authors.forename: Ellen-Ge
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Denton
authors.forename: Shola
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Danielle L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Beatty
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: Jonathan N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Tobin
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cassells
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gerin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011287:Prejudice; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological