TABLE 3.

“Everyday” Perceived Racism and Risk of Uterine Leiomyomata

	No. Cases	No. Person-Years	Crude IR	Multivariable IRR (95% CI)*	Multivariable IRR (95% CI)†
Everyday experiences of racism
Poor service
<1/mo‡	2774	86,838	31.9	1.00	1.00
1/mo	358	10,890	32.9	1.08 (0.97-1.21)	1.08 (0.96-1.20)
≥1 mo	308	9399	32.8	1.05 (0.94-1.19)	1.06 (0.94-1.19)
Not intelligent
<1/mo‡	2354	76,035	31.0	1.00	1.00
1/mo	400	10,985	36.4	1.23 (1.11-1.37)	1.20 (1.09-1.34)
≥1 mo	686	20,106	34.1	1.14 (1.05-1.25)	1.15 (1.05-1.25)
Afraid of you
<1/mo‡	2839	89,644	31.7	1.00	1.00
1/mo	252	6782	37.2	1.22 (1.07-1.39)	1.20 (1.06-1.37)
≥1 mo	349	10,701	32.6	1.03 (0.93-1.16)	1.04 (0.93-1.17)
Dishonest
<1/mo‡	2957	92,789	31.9	1.00	1.00
1/mo	209	6289	33.2	1.10 (0.96-1.27)	1.09 (0.94-1.25)
≥1 mo	274	8048	34.0	1.08 (0.96-1.23)	1.10 (0.97-1.25)
Better than you
<1/mo‡	2092	66,065	31.7	1.00	1.00
1/mo	409	12,438	32.9	1.08 (0.97-1.20)	1.07 (0.96-1.19)
≥1 mo	939	28,624	32.8	1.08 (1.00-1.17)	1.10 (1.02-1.19)
Summary variable
<1.6‡	471	17,148	27.5	1.00	1.00
1.6-1.9	949	29,215	32.5	1.18 (1.06-1.32)	1.16 (1.04-1.29)
2.0-2.5	1049	31.984	32.8	1.22 (1.09-1.36)	1.19 (1.06-1.32)
≥2.6	971	28,781	33.7	1.29 (1.15-1.43)	1.27 (1.14-1.42)
Test for ordinal trend				P < 0.001	P < 0.001

^*Adjusted for age and time period.

^†Adjusted for age, time period, parity, age at menarche, BMI, alcohol, smoking, age at first birth, years since last birth, oral contraceptive use, education, marital status, income, occupation, geographic region, and foreign-born status.

^‡Reference group.

IR indicates incidence rate per 1000 person-years; CI, confidence interval.