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The Association of Neighborhood Gene-Environment Susceptibility with Cortisol and Blood Pressure in African-American Adults.
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine - 1 Feb 2016
Coulon Sandra M, Wilson Dawn K, Van Horn M L, Hand Gregory A, Kresovich Stephen
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BACKGROUND: African-American adults are disproportionately affected by stress-related chronic conditions like high blood pressure (BP), and both environmental stress and genetic risk may play a role in its development. PURPOSE: This study tested whether the dual risk of low neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and glucocorticoid genetic sensitivity interacted to predict waking cortisol and BP. METHODS:...
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