This association explains the increased risk for cardiovascular disease and chronic conditions like obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and psychotic conditions in subjects that were exposed to psychosocial trauma, social disadvantage, and discrimination. Socio-cultural mechanisms tend to augment this relation by perpetuating disparity even in the quality of health care, which tends to be inferior in socially disadvantaged population strata.
The connection underscores the increased risk for cardiovascular disease and chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and psychotic disorders in individuals who have experienced psychosocial trauma, social disadvantage, and discrimination. Socio-cultural mechanisms tend to amplify this association by maintaining disparities in healthcare quality, which is often inferior among socially disadvantaged populations.