Internalized racism is associated with elevated fasting glucose in a sample of adult women but not men in Zimbabwe.

Internalized racism (INR) is associated with metabolic abnormalities among African Caribbean women. The current study was conducted to determine if similar associations exist among Black women living in Africa.In 2003, a stratified random sample of Black adults ages > or =18 years was drawn from four high-density suburbs of the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. A total of 318 persons (90% of those recruited) participated. Face-to-face interviews were...