Everyday discrimination

7 papers8 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

On aging: the drug’s trials ARN judged to be about aging, of every trial that tests it for any use.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

7 independent labs in 1 country

Humans7

Outcomes

Cognitive function

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1 study

Everyday discrimination impairs cognitive function in humans.
“high levels of chronic stress, financial strain and everyday discrimination were associated with poorer cognitive function at baseline”
Humans
Stress Exposures and Cognitive Health Trajectories in Later Life: The Moderating Role of Religious Involvement
GSA 2025 abstract31 Dec 2025

Cognitive decline

no changein humans1

1 study

Everyday discrimination has no effect on cognitive decline in humans.
“There were no associations with cognitive decline.”
Humansmean follow-up=7±4yrs79% femalesn = 351
Everyday discrimination and cognitive function among older Latino adults
GSA 2025 abstract31 Dec 2025

Associations

Multimorbidity

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2 studies

Everyday discrimination is associated with multimorbidity in humans (IRR = 1.03, 95% CI = 1.01-1.05, p < .05).
“positive association with everyday discrimination (IRR = 1.03, 95% CI = 1.01-1.05, p < .05).”
HumansBlack Americansn = 627
Multimorbidity and Everyday Discrimination Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Black Adults
GSA 2025 abstract31 Dec 2025
Everyday discrimination is associated with multimorbidity in humans.
“everyday discrimination and multimorbidity among Black Americans, revealing that the discrimination-multimorbidity association was strongest among young adults”
Humans
Discrimination, Stress, and Health Across the Life Course
GSA 2025 abstract31 Dec 2025