Table 4:

Modified Poisson regression with robust error variances for association between Everyday Discrimination Scale and hypertension by coding approach, African American Women’s Heart and Health Study, Northern California, 2012–2013 (n=207)

	Model 1: number of EDS ‘Situations’ ever experienced		Model 2: ‘Frequency’ of EDS experiences (Likert summary score)		Model 3: annual ‘Chronicity’ of EDS experiences
	Model 1a: unadjusted	Model 1b: fully adjusted	Model 2a: unadjusted	Model 2b: fully adjusted	Model 3a: unadjusted	Model 3b: fully adjusted
EDS*	PR (95% CI)	PR (95% CI)	PR (95% CI)	PR (95% CI)	PR (95% CI)	PR (95% CI)
Moderate	0.97 (0.61 to 1.56)	1.00 (0.63 to 1.60)	1.14 (0.74 to 1.76)	1.23 (0.81 to 1.88)	1.52 (0.96 to 2.39)	1.61 (1.04 to 2.49)
High	1.12 (0.74 to 1.70)	1.09 (0.72 to 1.65)	1.01 (0.63 to 1.61)	1.00 (0.63 to 1.61)	1.14 (0.69 to 1.90)	1.10 (0.66 to 1.84)
Constant	0.36 (0.27 to 0.48)	0.37 (0.20 to 0.68)	0.35 (0.26 to 0.48)	0.34 (0.18 to 0.64)	0.30 (0.21 to 0.44)	0.31 (0.17 to 0.57)

Model a: Unadjusted.

Model b: Adjusts for age, body mass index, education (≤high school [HS] diploma), marital/partnership status and employment status.

^*Referent group=‘low’ EDS.

EDS, Everyday Discrimination Scale; PR, prevalence ratio.