The Relationship of Military Service and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) to Diabetes in African American Adults

Abstract

African Americans with a history of military service and high ACE are less likely to develop diabetes than their civilian counterparts. There may be a protective effect of military service. While fitness requirements might be an explanation, this is the same for both high ACE and low ACE. Perhaps emerging adults who come from a dysfunctional home benefit more from the structured military environment. Further exploration is needed to explain this relationship.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1108813

Entities

People

  • Anaam Mohammed
  • Emily Stone
  • Jana Wardian

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • African Americans
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Crime
  • Defects (Materials)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Dysfunction
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Inclusions
  • Intervals
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Probability
  • Risk Factors
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sociology
  • Surveillance

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