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Assessment of unmeasured confounding in the association between perceived discrimination and mental health in a predominantly African American cohort using g-estimation.

Jiajun LuoLoren SaulsberryWilliam Isaac KrakowkaHabibul AhsanBriseis Aschebrook-Kilfoy
Published in: International journal of epidemiology (2024)
Compared with measured confounding, unmeasured that was three times measured confounding was not enough to explain away the association between perceived discrimination and mental health, suggesting that this association is robust to unmeasured confounding. This study provides a novel framework to quantitatively evaluate unmeasured confounding.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • african american
  • mental illness
  • social support
  • depressive symptoms
  • physical activity