The Great Recession worsened blood pressure and blood glucose levels in American adults
| Autor: | Teresa E. Seeman, Duncan Thomas, Karol E. Watson, Sharon Stein Merkin, Kari Moore, Arun S. Karlamangla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Blood Glucose Employment Male media_common.quotation_subject Health Behavior Population Blood Pressure Recession Great recession Diabetes Complications 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0502 economics and business Humans Medicine Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine 050207 economics education Ecological fallacy Aged media_common Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Multidisciplinary business.industry 05 social sciences Confounding Correction Middle Aged United States Social security Economic Recession Blood pressure Cardiovascular Diseases Cohort Income Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A |
| ISSN: | 1091-6490 0027-8424 |
| Popis: | Longitudinal, individual-specific data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) provide support for the hypothesis that the 2008 to 2010 Great Recession (GR) negatively impacted the health of US adults. Results further advance understanding of the relationship by (i) illuminating hypothesized greater negative impacts in population subgroups exposed to more severe impacts of the GR and (ii) explicitly controlling for confounding by individual differences in age-related changes in health over time. Analyses overcome limitations of prior work by (i) employing individual-level data that avoid concerns about ecological fallacy associated with prior reliance on group-level data, (ii) using four waves of data before the GR to estimate and control for underlying individual-level age-related trends, (iii) focusing on objective, temporally appropriate health outcomes rather than mortality, and (iv) leveraging a diverse cohort to investigate subgroup differences in the GR’s impact. Innovative individual fixed-effects modeling controlling for individual-level age-related trajectories yielded substantively important insights: (i) significant elevations post-GR for blood pressure and fasting glucose, especially among those on medication pre-GR, and (ii) reductions in prevalence and intensity of medication use post-GR. Important differences in the effects of the GR are seen across subgroups, with larger effects among younger adults (who are likely still in the labor force) and older homeowners (whose declining home wealth likely reduced financial security, with less scope for recouping losses during their lifetime); least affected were older adults without a college degree (whose greater reliance on Medicare and Social Security likely provided more protection from the recession). |
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