Sleep May Suffer in Blacks Who Face Discrimination

(Reuters) — African Americans who experience everyday discrimination may be sleeping poorly, researchers say.

Among 3,749 Black adults participating in a long-term study of heart disease risk factors, experiences with discrimination were a strong determinant of poor sleep, and in particular, short sleep duration and poor sleep quality, the lead researcher told Reuters Health.

“It is important to identify those most at risk, and in our study, women were particularly vulnerable to the effects of discrimination on sleep. Women with the most experiences with discrimination slept on average 30 minutes less at night than those with fewer experiences with discrimination,” Dr. Dayna A. Johnson of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston added in an email.

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