Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous inflammatory disease with unknown etiology. Epidemiological
studies have contributed greatly to our knowledge about sarcoidosis, providing critical …

… Cozier YC, Berman JS, Palmer JR, et al. Reproductive and hormonal factors in relation to
incidence of sarcoidosis in US Black women: the Black Women's Health Study. Am J Epidemiol …

Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease with substantial morbidity and increasing
mortality. As part of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s workshop to better …

The authors examined the relation between individual and neighborhood socioeconomic
status (SES) and type 2 diabetes incidence among African-American women in the prospective …

We assessed the relation of experiences of racism to the incidence of obesity and the modifying
impact of residential racial segregation in the Black Women's Health Study, a follow-up …

Little is known about the effects of social context or “place” factors (eg, characteristics of local
populations) on African Americans' perceptions and experiences of racism. Using data from …

Background Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disorder of unknown cause that occurs
among men and women of all races. In the United States, black women are most frequently …

PURPOSE: Obesity is more common in black women than in white women. Racial discrimination
is a form of chronic stress that may influence weight. METHODS: We assessed the …

Background Recent pooled analyses show an increased risk of death with increasing levels
of the body-mass index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in …

Previous longitudinal studies have consistently shown an association between attendance
at religious services and lower all-cause mortality, but the literature on associations between …