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Life-course socioeconomic position and hypertension in African American men: the Pitt County Study.

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James, SA; Van Hoewyk, J; Belli, RF; Strogatz, DS; Williams, DR; Raghunathan, TE
Published in: American journal of public health
May 2006

We investigated the odds of hypertension for Black men in relationship to their socioeconomic position (SEP) in both childhood and adulthood.On the basis of their parents' occupation, we classified 379 men in the Pitt County (North Carolina) Study into low and high childhood SEP. The men's own education, occupation, employment status, and home ownership status were used to classify them into low and high adulthood SEP. Four life-course SEP categories resulted: low childhood/low adulthood, low childhood/high adulthood, high childhood/low adulthood, and high childhood/high adulthood.Low childhood SEP was associated with a 60% greater odds of hypertension, and low adulthood SEP was associated with a 2-fold greater odds of hypertension. Compared with men of high SEP in both childhood and adulthood, the odds of hypertension were 7 times greater for low/low SEP men, 4 times greater for low/high SEP men, and 6 times greater for high/low SEP men.Greater access to material resources in both childhood and adulthood was protective against premature hypertension in this cohort of Black men. Though some parameter estimates were imprecise, study findings are consistent with both pathway and cumulative burden models of hypertension.

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American journal of public health

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EISSN

1541-0048

ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

May 2006

Volume

96

Issue

5

Start / End Page

812 / 817

Related Subject Headings

  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Public Health
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • Cohort Studies
  • Child
 

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James, S. A., Van Hoewyk, J., Belli, R. F., Strogatz, D. S., Williams, D. R., & Raghunathan, T. E. (2006). Life-course socioeconomic position and hypertension in African American men: the Pitt County Study. American Journal of Public Health, 96(5), 812–817. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2005.076158
James, Sherman A., John Van Hoewyk, Robert F. Belli, David S. Strogatz, David R. Williams, and Trevillore E. Raghunathan. “Life-course socioeconomic position and hypertension in African American men: the Pitt County Study.American Journal of Public Health 96, no. 5 (May 2006): 812–17. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2005.076158.
James SA, Van Hoewyk J, Belli RF, Strogatz DS, Williams DR, Raghunathan TE. Life-course socioeconomic position and hypertension in African American men: the Pitt County Study. American journal of public health. 2006 May;96(5):812–7.
James, Sherman A., et al. “Life-course socioeconomic position and hypertension in African American men: the Pitt County Study.American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 5, May 2006, pp. 812–17. Epmc, doi:10.2105/ajph.2005.076158.
James SA, Van Hoewyk J, Belli RF, Strogatz DS, Williams DR, Raghunathan TE. Life-course socioeconomic position and hypertension in African American men: the Pitt County Study. American journal of public health. 2006 May;96(5):812–817.

Published In

American journal of public health

DOI

EISSN

1541-0048

ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

May 2006

Volume

96

Issue

5

Start / End Page

812 / 817

Related Subject Headings

  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Public Health
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • Cohort Studies
  • Child