Chronic stress, inflammation, and glucose regulation in U.S. Hispanics from the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study

• Published in: Psychophysiology Vol. 52; no. 8; pp. 1071 - 1079
• Main Authors: McCurley, Jessica L., Mills, Paul J., Roesch, Scott C., Carnethon, Mercedes, Giacinto, Rebeca E., Isasi, Carmen R., Teng, Yanping, Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela, Llabre, Maria M., Penedo, Frank J., Schneiderman, Neil, Gallo, Linda C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Blood Glucose - metabolism; Diabetes; Female; Glucose; Glucose Intolerance - metabolism; Glucose Tolerance Test; Glycated Hemoglobin - metabolism; Health Surveys; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic or Latino; Humans; Inflammation; Inflammation - metabolism; Insulin; Male; Middle Aged; Risk Factors; Stress; Stress, Psychological - metabolism; United States; Young Adult; United States; Inflammation; Glucose; Hispanic; Insulin; Stress

Diabetes prevalence is rising rapidly, and diabetes disproportionately affects Hispanics and other underserved groups. Chronic stress may contribute to diabetes risk, but few studies have examined this relationship in U.S. Hispanics. We examined associations of chronic stress with fasting glucose, g...