Association Between Perceived Interpersonal Everyday Discrimination and Waist Circumference Over a 9-Year Period in the Midlife Development in the United States Cohort Study

Hunte, H. E. R.

doi:10.1093/aje/kwq463

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Association Between Perceived Interpersonal Everyday Discrimination and Waist Circumference Over a 9-Year Period in the Midlife Development in the United States Cohort Study

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Hunte, H. E. R.·2011·American Journal of Epidemiology

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The relation between perceived interpersonal experiences of discrimination and measures of obesity is of great interest to many. This study examined the relation between changes in waist circumference and changes in perceived interpersonal everyday discrimination using the 1995-2004 Midlife Development in the United States cohort study (N = 1,452). After controlling for potential confounding variables that assessed behavioral and sociodemographic characteristics, sex-stratified ordinary least squares regression analyses suggested that the waist circumference of adult males who reported consistently high levels of interpersonal everyday discrimination increased 2.39 cm more than that of adult males who consistently reported low levels of interpersonal everyday discrimination (P < 0.05). Similarly, the waist circumference of adult females who reported an increase in interpersonal everyday discrimination increased 1.88 cm more than that of adult females who reported consistently low levels of interpersonal everyday discrimination (P < 0.05). These findings suggest that perceived interpersonal everyday discrimination may be associated with an increase in waist circumference over time among adults in the United States.

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For physical health, only overweight-related outcomes and a range of miscellaneous physical health outcomes were significantly associated with racism.
“With regard to physical health, only overweight-related outcomes and a range of miscellaneous physical health outcomes were significantly associated with racism, as found in recent longitudinal studies [399, 400].”
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The Abstract reports a significant association between interpersonal everyday discrimination and increased waist circumference over nine years, supporting the overweight-related part of the claim. The paper studies waist circumference, not a range of other physical health outcomes, and its measure of discrimination is not limited to racism. It therefore cannot establish the claim’s broader ‘only’ comparison. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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Authors: Hunte, H. E. R.
Affiliations: Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
Corresponding author: Hunte, H. E. R.
Venue: American Journal of Epidemiology
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 2011-02-25
Volume: 173
Issue: 11
Pages: 1232-1239
ISSN: 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq463
PMC: PMC3139961
OpenAlex: W2163072695
Cited by: 96
References: 42
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 11
FWCI: 26.69
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
University Libraries (University of Maryland) (submittedVersion)
Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park)
Funders: Purdue University
National Institute on Aging (P01AG020166)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
Keywords: perceived discrimination, interpersonal discrimination, waist circumference, abdominal obesity, middle-aged adults, longitudinal change, sex differences
MeSH terms: Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prejudice, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, United States, Cohort Studies, Health Behavior, Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Obesity, Abdominal

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