Surya Prakash Bhatt, Anoop Misra, Ravindra Mohan Pandey, Ashish Datt Upadhyay
Shortening of leucocyte telomere length is independently correlated with high body mass index and subcutaneous obesity (predominantly truncal), in Asian Indian women with abnormal fasting glycemia
BMJ open diabetes research & care
adolescent gun violence serious public health issue disproportionately affects young black males although postulated differential exposure childhood risk factors might account racial differences adolescent gun carrying longitudinal studies directly examined issue examined whether childhood risk factors indexing neighborhood crime peer delinquency conduct problems predicted initiation adolescent gun carrying among community sample black white boys analyses examined whether racial differences risk factors accounted racial differences gun carrying data came sample 485 black white boys repeatedly assessed 2nd grade age 18 multiinformant data collected across first 3 years study used assess neighborhood crime peer delinquency conduct problems illegal gun carrying assessed annually 5th grade age 18 growth curve analyses indicated children higher initial levels conduct problems delinquent peer involvement well increased conduct problems across childhood likely carry gun prior age 18 black boys also likely carry guns whites racial differences greatly reduced eliminated controlling initial levels conduct problems delinquent peer involvement findings suggest early prevention programs designed reduce adolescent gun violence including racial disparities gun violence target boys severe conduct problems affiliate delinquent peers elementary school psycinfo database record