2024
Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Depressive Symptoms in Black Women in the InterGEN Study
Taylor B, Zhao Y, Perez N, Potts-Thompson S, Crusto C, Creber R, Taylor J. Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Depressive Symptoms in Black Women in the InterGEN Study. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2024, 25: 7681. PMID: 39062924, PMCID: PMC11277114, DOI: 10.3390/ijms25147681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDepressive symptomsPerceived discriminationSuch as low socioeconomic statusBlack womenIncreased risk of depressionStudies of depressive symptomsSecondary analysis of dataBeck Depression InventoryPrevalence of depressionRisk of depressionLow socioeconomic statusExperiences of discriminationInterGEN StudyDepression InventoryDNA methylation sitesSocioeconomic statusEvent ScalePsychosocial stressorsSecondary analysisDepressionDNA methylationEpigenome-wide association studiesPsychological factorsAnalysis of dataIncreased risk
2022
Latent Class Analysis of Depressive Symptom Phenotypes Among Black/African American Mothers
Perez N, Melkus G, Wright F, Yu G, Vorderstrasse A, Sun Y, Crusto C, Taylor J. Latent Class Analysis of Depressive Symptom Phenotypes Among Black/African American Mothers. Nursing Research 2022, 72: 93-102. PMID: 36729771, PMCID: PMC9992148, DOI: 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000635.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAA womenDepressive symptomsCardiometabolic traitsBlack/AABlood Pressure StudyMental health burdenLatent class analysisStandard screening toolBivariate logistic regressionAfrican American womenCardiometabolic burdenModerate symptom classHealth burdenRetrospective analysisSymptom phenotypeClinical identificationPsychosocial factorsSymptom presentationClinical phenotypeSymptom classAfrican American mothersClass analysisHealth inequitiesLogistic regressionAA mothers