A94 IMPROVING ASTHMA MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH AT THE FOREFRONT: Racial Discrimination Affects Drug Response In African American Youth With Asthma

African Americans experience a high burden of asthma and of psychosocial stress, including racial discrimination. Multivariable linear regression was used to examine the association between discrimination and BDR before and after adjusting for maternal education, sex, age, in utero smoke exposure, daycare attendance, controller medication, FEV1, African ancestry, and TNF-a. Supported in part by the Sandler Family Foundation, National Institutes of Health (R01-ES015794, U19-AI077439, R01-HL088133, R01-HL078885, R01-HL104608, R21ES24844-01, 1R01MD010443, and P60-MD006902); Department of Defense (PR141896), Center for Youth Wellness, M01-RR00188 to H.J.F.; the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI), the RWJF Amos Medical Faculty Development Award (to E.G.B.), and the American Asthma Foundation (to E.G.B.).