Socioeconomic Adversity, Social Resources, and Allostatic Load Among Hispanic/Latino Youth: The Study of Latino Youth

Linda C. Gallo; Scott C. Roesch; Julia I. Bravin; Kimberly L. Savin; Krista M. Perreira; Mercedes R. Carnethon; Alan M. Delamater; Christian R. Salazar; Maria Lopez-Gurrola; Carmen R. Isasi

doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000668

Socioeconomic Adversity, Social Resources, and Allostatic Load Among Hispanic/Latino Youth: The Study of Latino Youth

Linda C. Gallo^*, Scott C. Roesch, Julia I. Bravin, Kimberly L. Savin, Krista M. Perreira, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Alan M. Delamater, Christian R. Salazar, Maria Lopez-Gurrola, Carmen R. Isasi

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Objective: We examined associations among socioeconomic adversity, social resources, and allostatic load in Hispanic/Latino youth, who are at high risk for obesity and related cardiometabolic risks. Methods: Participants were 1343 Hispanic/Latino youth (51% male; ages 8-16 years) offspring of Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos participants. Between 2012 and 2014, youth underwent a fasting blood draw and anthropometric assessment, and youth and their enrolled caregivers provided social and demographic information. A composite indicator of allostatic load represented dysregulation across general metabolism, cardiovascular, glucose metabolism, lipid, and inflammation/hemostatic systems. Socioeconomic adversity was a composite of caregiver education, employment status, economic hardship, family income relative to poverty, family structure, and receipt of food assistance. Social resources were a composite of family functioning, parental closeness, peer support, and parenting style variables. Results: Multivariable regression models that adjusted for sociodemographic factors, design effects (strata and clustering), and sample weights revealed a significant, positive, association between socioeconomic adversity and allostatic load (β =.10, p =.035), and a significant, inverse association between socioeconomic adversity and social resources (β = -.10, p =.013). Social resources did not relate to allostatic load and did not moderate or help explain the association of adversity with allostatic load (all p values >.05). Conclusions: Statistically significant, but small associations of socioeconomic adversity with both allostatic load and social resources were identified. The small effects may partially reflect range restriction given overall high socioeconomic adversity and high social resources in the cohort.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	305-312
Number of pages	8
Journal	Psychosomatic medicine
Volume	81
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000668
State	Published - Apr 1 2019

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Source of Funding and Conflicts of Interest: SOL Youth is supported by grant R01HL102130 from the National Institutes of Health/ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH/NHBLI). The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos is a collaborative study supported by contracts from the NIH/NHLBI to the University of North Carolina (HHSN268201300001I/N01-HC-65233), University of Miami (HHSN268201300004I/N01-HC-65234), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (HHSN268201300002I/N01-HC-65235), University of Illinois at Chicago (HHSN268201300003I), Northwestern University (N01-HC-65236), and San Diego State University (HHSN268201300005I/N01-HC-65237). The following Institutes/Centers/Offices have contributed to the HCHS/SOL through a transfer of funds to the NHLBI: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH Institution-Office of Dietary Supplements. The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. SOL Youth is supported by grant R01HL102130 from the National Institutes of Health/ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH/NHBLI). The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos is a collaborative study supported by contracts from the NIH/NHLBI to the University of North Carolina (HHSN268201300001I/N01-HC-65233), University of Miami (HHSN268201300004I/N01-HC-65234), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (HHSN268201300002I/N01-HC- 65235), University of Illinois at Chicago (HHSN268201300003I), Northwestern University (N01-HC-65236), and San Diego State University (HHSN268201300005I/N01-HC-65237). The following Institutes/Centers/Offices have contributed to the HCHS/SOL through a transfer of funds to the NHLBI: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH Institution-Office of Dietary Supplements. The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

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Hispanic
Latino
allostatic load
social support
socioeconomic status
youth

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Applied Psychology

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Gallo, L. C., Roesch, S. C., Bravin, J. I., Savin, K. L., Perreira, K. M., Carnethon, M. R., Delamater, A. M., Salazar, C. R., Lopez-Gurrola, M., & Isasi, C. R. (2019). Socioeconomic Adversity, Social Resources, and Allostatic Load Among Hispanic/Latino Youth: The Study of Latino Youth. Psychosomatic medicine, 81(3), 305-312. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000668

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