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.