Non-Latino blacks experience a higher proportion of chronic illness and associated disabilities than non-Latino whites. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with a greater risk of chronic illness, although few studies have investigated whether the interaction of PTSD with racial disparities may lead to a greater risk of chronic illness among blacks with PTSD than among whites with PTSD.We evaluated data from the population-based National Survey of American Life and the National Comorbidity Survey Replication to investigate the association between race, lifetime PTSD and self-reported chronic illness. Weighted linear and Poisson regression models assessed differences in the magnitude of association between PTSD and chronic illness by race on both the additive and multiplicative scales.The magnitude of the association between lifetime PTSD and diabetes was greater among blacks (RD 0.07, 95

作者：Carrie J, Nobles；Sarah E, Valentine；Christina P C, Borba；Monica W, Gerber；Derri L, Shtasel；Luana, Marques

来源：Journal of psychosomatic research 2016 年 85卷