Race Matters to the Health of African American Men Scientific American June 2019
The recent, premature death of director John Singleton is a tragic case in point
by Janice_Phillips@rush.edu
- Singleton died at age 51 after having a stroke on April 29
- "...African Americans, who have the highest prevalence of hypertension in the world."
- "In general, black men have the lowest life expectancy, living 7.1 years less than other ethnic groups"
Increased black health problems is similar white health problems if low vitamin D
| Black vs White | White - low D vs White - high D | |
| breast cancer | 1.34 | 1.26 |
| colorectal cancer | 1.43 | 1.44 |
| cardiovascular disease | 1.29 | 1.27 |
| all-cause mortality | 1.26 | 1.26 |
Black Strokes
- Blacks with strokes having low Vitamin D were 3 times more likely to have cognitive impairment – Nov 2016
- Stroke outcome 6.9 X worse if black and overweight (all three related via low vitamin D) – March 2018
Perhaps Blacks need more D to get same blood level
Living less while black (a take-off on "driving while black")
Pregnant while black
- Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
- Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019
Dark Skin Other Health Problems
- 10 health problems associated with Dark Skin (low vitamin D)
- Sleep fragmentation 2X worse in UK senior women having dark skins – Jan 2019
- Bone, Cognition, Autism, Breathing, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Hypertension, Mortality, Obesity, Pain ...
- Blacks are more obese, have lower Vitamin D, and have more Cancer etc. than whites – Feb 2018
- Crohn's disease in black children is worse in 6 ways – Dec 2015
- Black Sudanese children 350X more likely to have rickets than other Australians – April 2012
- Bibliography of Black-White health disparities linked to vitamin D - Dr. Grant March 2017
- Blacks have 4X more Kidney disease than whites – probably due to low vitamin D – March 2015
- Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D