TABLE 3.

Independent and Interactive Relations of Lifetime Discrimination Burden and Depressive Symptoms With Carotid Intima-Medial Thickness Among African Americans (n = 1097)

Variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Sig.
Age	0.004	0.004	0.004	***
Male sex	0.025	0.026	0.027	**
Lower SES	−0.007	−0.008	−0.008
Body mass index	0.003	0.003	0.003	***
Total cholesterol	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Hypertension	0.01	0.019	0.018	*
Diabetes mellitus	0.014	0.014	0.014
Cardiovascular disease	0.007	0.007	0.008
Lipid-lowering medication use	0.002	0.001	0.001
Ever used cigarettes	0.006	0.006	0.006
Ever used alcohol and/or illicit drugs	0.014	0.014	0.013
Lifetime discrimination burden	0.003	0.003	−0.004
Depressive symptoms		<0.001	<0.001
Lifetime discrimination burden by depressive symptoms			<0.001	*

SES = socioeconomic status.

Model 3 (shown in bold) was retained as the final regression model.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.