title: The effects of race, ethnicity, and mood/anxiety disorders on the chronic physical health conditions of men from a national sample.
abstract: Racial/ethnic differences in health are evident among men. Previous work suggests associations between mental and physical health but few studies have examined how mood/anxiety disorders and chronic physical health conditions covary by age, race, and ethnicity among men. Using data from 1,277 African American, 629 Caribbean Black, and 371 non-Hispanic White men from the National Survey of American Life, we examined associations between race/ethnicity and experiencing one or more chronic physical health conditions in logistic regression models stratified by age and 12-month mood/anxiety disorder status. Among men <45 years without mood/anxiety disorders, Caribbean Blacks had lower odds of chronic physical health conditions than Whites. Among men aged 45+ years with mood/anxiety disorders, African Americans had greater odds of chronic physical health conditions than Whites. Future studies should explore the underlying causes of such variation and how studying mental and chronic physical health problems together may help identify mechanisms that underlie racial disparities in life expectancy among men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI 48502, USA. vickij@umich.edu
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Johnson-Lawrence
authors.forename: Derek M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: Daphne C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Watkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017677:Age Distribution; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D054526:Men's Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: chronic physical health conditions; comorbidities; ethnicity; mental health; race