Association Between Stress and Coping with DNA Methylation of Blood Pressure-Related Genes Among African American Women

Background Exposure to psychosocial stress and employment of high effort coping strategies have been identified as risk factors that may partially explain the high prevalence of hypertension among African Americans. One biological mechanism through which stress and coping may affect risk of hyperten...

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Main Authors: Kristen M. Brown, Qin Hui, Yunfeng Huang, Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Laura Prescott, Veronica Barcelona de Mendoza, Cindy Crusto, Yan V. Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Chronic Stress
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2470547019879088