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Relationship between perceived discrimination and sedentary behavior in adults
Veronica Y Womack1, Hongyan Ning2, Cora E Lewis3
1Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. veronica.womack@northwestern.edu.
Objective:
To identify psychosocial factors associated with sedentary behavior, we tested whether perceived discrimination is associated with sedentary behavior.
Methods:
Black and white men and women (N = 3270) from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study reported experiences of discrimination and time engaged in total and screen time sedentary behaviors in 2010-11.
Results:
There were no associations of discriminatory experiences with total sedentary behavior time. However, discriminatory experiences were positively associated with screen time for black men (OR 1.81, 95% CI: 1.14, 2.86) and white women (OR 1.51, 95% CI: 1.14, 2.00) after adjusting for demographic and traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Conclusion:
Among black men and white women, discriminatory experiences were correlated with more screen time sedentary behavior.
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