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. 2018 Sep 21;53(7):608–620. doi: 10.1093/abm/kay069

Table 2.

Everyday discrimination exposurea at baseline predicting BMIa and waist circumferenceb over the 10 year follow-up period in SWAN participants in the full sample and stratified by race/ethnicityc

Full sample Waist circumference (N = 2,177) BMI (N = 2,180)
Estimate SE 95% CI p Value Estimate SE 95% CI p Value
4.06 0.58 (2.94, 5.19) <.0001 1.62 0.26 (1.12, 2.12) <.0001
Stratified by race/ethnicity
Black 3.57 1.34 (0.94, 6.19) .008 1.57 0.65 (0.29, 2.84) .02
White 5.13 0.84 (3.47, 6.79) <.0001 2.02 0.36 (1.31, 2.73) <.0001
Chinese 1.21 1.20 (−1.14, 3.55) .31 0.80 0.47 (−0.12, 1.72) .09
Hispanicc 0.06 2.48 (−4.80, 4.92) .98 -0.75 1.16 (−3.02, 1.51) .52
Japanese 3.62 1.17 (1.33, 5.91) .002 1.23 0.46 (0.32, 2.14) .01

aEveryday discrimination exposure (yes) was determined when respondents indicated that any type of everyday discrimination occurred at least “sometimes” or “often.” BMI, M (SD). kg/m2.

bWaist circumference in cm.

cHispanic women were missing follow-up data from visits 7 and 8.