Publications by authors named "S Madhere"
Dispositional hostility as measured by the Cook Medley Hostility (Ho) Scale has been associated with inflammation and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. There is evidence that suggests that factors of hostility are more useful in predicting poor cardiovascular health outcomes than a single hostility construct. The purpose of this study was to investigate the latent factors of hostility and their association with inflammatory markers interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in an African-American community sample.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lipid dysregulation is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and is attributed to numerous biological, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors. Psychological stress has been examined as a predictor of lipid dysregulation; however, the role of coping with perceived racism, a stressor unique to the African American experience, has not been addressed. The current study sought to determine the impact of behavioral coping responses to perceived racism and perceived daily stress on lipid levels in African Americans.
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- - The article presents a model that explains the connection between social environments (social ecology) and genetic processes, using nonlinear dynamics to highlight key factors like habitat, family health history, and community crises.
- - It explores how the ways in which resources are managed can disrupt bodily functions, affecting cytokines, neurotransmitters, and protein kinases, which may lead to changes in gene expression (epigenetics).
- - The model particularly focuses on health issues impacting African Americans, discussing various health outcomes and the combined effects of different influencing factors in understanding these health problems.
Objective: The association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and neurocognitive function has gathered a good deal of attention in the health and social science literature; however, the relationship among several CVD risk factors and neurocognitive function has not been fully explored in an African American sample. The purpose of this study was to examine the pattern of relationships among four CVD risk factors and five measures of higher cortical functions.
Methods: Data were collected from a sample of 106 African American community-dwelling adults in the metropolitan Washington, DC, area.
Background: Individuals at greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) display poorer cognitive functioning across various cognitive domains. This finding is particularly prevalent among older adults; however, few studies examine these relationships among younger adults or among African Americans.
Purpose: The objective was to examine the relationships among 2 cardiovascular risk factors, elevated blood pressure and elevated triglycerides, and verbal learning in a community-based sample of African Americans.