TABLE 2.

Mean 8-year weight change (1997–2005) according to summary racism variables (N = 43,103)

	Summary everyday racism						Summary lifetime racism
	Quartile
	1 (n = 7,999)	2 (n = 12,177)	3 (n = 12,233)	4 (n = 10,694)	Difference*	p for ordinal trend	No to all (n = 13,106)	Yes to one (n = 14,415)	Yes to two (n = 10,736)	Yes to all (n = 4,846)	Difference†	p for ordinal trend
Mean weight change, kg (95% CI)
Model 1	5.19 (4.84–5.54)	5.30 (5.07–5.53)	5.30 (5.12–5.48)	5.79 (5.45–6.13)	0.60	<.0001	5.40 (5.24–5.56)	5.56 (5.32–5.80)	5.61 (5.36–5.92)	6.04 (5.68–6.40)	0.64	0.0009
Model 2	5.11 (4.48–5.75)	5.21 (4.97–5.45)	5.20 (5.15–5.25)	5.67 (5.58–5.76)	0.56	<.0001	5.26 (4.69–5.83)	5.43 (5.17–5.69)	5.42 (5.14–5.70)	5.74 (5.37–6.11)	0.48	0.0022

CI = confidence interval.

Model 1: Adjusted for age only; Model 2: adjusted for age, education, smoking, alcohol consumption, vigorous physical activity, parity, menopausal status, fast food consumption, total energy intake, percent dietary fat, total saturated fat, household income, number of people in the household, and geographic region.

^*Difference between quartile 4 and quartile 1.

^†Difference between Yes to all and No to all.