Table 2.
Prevalence (%) of perceived weight discrimination across settings for overweight/obese participants (BMI≥25 kg/m2): CARDIA 2010–11 a
| African American men | African American women | White men | White women | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At school | 4.8 a | 9.0 b | 4.7 a | 12.9 b | <0.00013 |
| Getting a job | 6.5 a | 10.3 b | 1.8 c | 11.0 b | <0.00013 |
| Getting housing | 2.7 a | 3.0 a | 0.2 b | 0.7 b | <0.00013 |
| At work | 7.8 a,b | 9.6 b | 3.8 a | 13.5 c | <0.00013 |
| At home | 3.8 a | 7.2 a | 4.6 a | 13.8 b | <0.00013 |
| Getting medical care | 2.9 a | 6.6 b | 1.5 a | 6.5 b | <0.00013 |
| In public | 9.3 a | 14.6 b | 5.8 a | 18.7 b | <0.00013 |
| In any setting | 14.9 a | 24.6 b | 12.0 a | 30.2 c | <0.00013 |
Different letters indicate significant differences between cells using the Tukey-Kramer procedure for multiple comparisons to maintain an overall family-wise significance level of .05. Terms with common letters are not significantly different from each other.