| |
Black Women
|
White Women
|
|---|
|
Poor self-reported healtha
|
16.2%
|
6.6%
|
|
Obese (> = 30 kg/m2)a
|
51.3%
|
31.0%
|
|
Diabetes Mellitusb
|
10.7%
|
4.0%
|
|
Metabolic Syndromeb
|
26.2%
|
18.4%
|
|
Hypertensionb
|
36.9%
|
16.2%
|
|
Allostatic Load (mean)c
|
3.7
|
2.3
|
- an = 916 Black women, 1533 White women [34]; bn = 875 Black women, 1496 White women; Metabolic Syndrome defined as meeting at least 3 of the 5 criteria: triglycerides > = 150 mg/dL; HDL cholesterol < 50 mg/dL; systolic blood pressure > = 130 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure > = 85 mmHg, or on antihypertensive medication; fasting glucose > 10 mg/dL and/or diabetes; and waist circumference > = 88 cm [65]; cn = 796 Black women, 1399 White women; Allostatic Load defined as the number of 11 biomarkers in the highest risk quartile (systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, fasting serum glucose, C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate) [67]
