TABLE 4.

Mean cumulative 10-year waist change (cm) (1995–2005) according to summary racism variables (N = 20,389)

	Everyday racism						Lifetime racism
	Quartiles
	1 (n = 3,689)	2 (n = 5,750)	3 (n = 5,995)	4 (n = 5,005)	Difference*	p for ordinal trend	No to all (n = 5,922)	Yes to one (n = 6,833)	Yes to two (n = 5,228)	Yes to all (n = 2,406)	Difference	p for ordinal trend
Mean change in waist circumference (cm) (95% CI)
Model 1	6.19 (5.66–6.74)	6.31 (5.96–6.67)	6.48 (6.20–6.77)	6.16 (5.63–6.69)	−0.03	0.013	6.61 (6.33–6.89)	6.88 (6.50–7.26)	6.90 (6.50–7.31)	6.85 (6.30–7.39)	0.24	0.24
Model 2	6.18 (5.38–6.98)	6.32 (5.95–6.69)	6.48 (6.18–6.78)	6.24 (5.69–6.80)	0.06	0.0099	6.69 (6.04–7.34)	6.85 (6.45–7.25)	6.81 (6.39–7.24)	6.82 (6.25–7.40)	0.13	0.60
Model 3	5.85 (5.04–6.66)	6.00 (5.63–6.37)	6.19 (5.89–6.49)	5.95 (5.39–6.50)	0.10	0.0019	6.47 (5.81–7.12)	6.62 (6.22–7.02)	6.59 (6.17–7.01)	6.63 (6.05–7.20)	0.16	0.55

CI = confidence interval.

Model 1: Adjusted for age only.

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

Model 3: Adjusted for model 2 covariates plus body mass index.

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

^*Difference between quartile 4 and quartile 1.