title: Associations between subjective social status and physical and mental health functioning among patients with hypertension.
abstract: We examine the cross-sectional association between subjective social status and self-rated physical and mental health functioning in 518 Black and White patients enrolled in a community-based hypertension control research study. We found that (1) subjective social status, measured using both a proximal and distal referent group, was positively associated with physical and mental health functioning scores independent of educational level, household income, or both; (2) the effect of subjective social status on physical and mental health functioning differed significantly by race when using the distal, not the proximal, referent group. When the associations differed, they were stronger for Whites than Blacks.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Crystal W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Cené
authors.affiliation: 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Jacqueline R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Halladay
authors.affiliation: 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Ziya
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gizlice
authors.affiliation: 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roedersheimer
authors.affiliation: 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hinderliter
authors.affiliation: 2 East Carolina University, USA.
authors.forename: Doyle M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.affiliation: 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Katrina E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Donahue
authors.affiliation: 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Perrin
authors.affiliation: 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Darren A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: DeWalt
keywords: adults; hypertension; quality of life; race; socio-economic status