People who experienced lifetime and everyday discrimination had elevated risk for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality compared with those who did not, according to data published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
“These study findings contribute to the literature on discrimination and physical health by providing greater understanding of the harmful effects of discrimination on mortality,” Wayne R. Lawrence, DrPH, MPH, research fellow in the division of cancer epidemiology and genetics at the National Cancer Institute, and colleagues wrote.
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