Study claims 'microaggressions' are partly to blame for one of US's deadliest health conditions
Daily MailPeople who face sexism and racism are more at risk of suffering from hypertension - a potentially fatal health condition. A new study found women who face microaggressions - indirect or subtle acts of discrimination - during pregnancy were more likely to suffer from dangerously high blood pressure. And those who experienced at least one race- or gender-based microaggression had a blood pressure about two points higher three months after delivery. The link between high blood pressure and microaggressions was strongest 10 days or more after giving birth, which poses a heightened health risk as blood pressure during this time is less likely to be monitored. Pregnant women who experienced at least one race- or gender-based microaggression before, during, or right after giving birth had a blood pressure about two points higher three months after delivery Researchers gave pregnant women a blood pressure monitor to take home and use twice a day for 10 days, then twice a week for 80 days.
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