title: Erratum to: Interpersonal discrimination and health-related quality of life among black and white men and women in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We assessed associations between discrimination and health-related quality of life among black and white men and women in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined data from the National Health Measurement Study, a nationally representative sample of 3,648 adults aged 35-89 in the non-institutionalized US population. These data include self-reported lifetime and everyday discrimination as well as several health utility indexes (EQ-5D, HUI3, and SF-6D). Multiple regression was used to compute mean health utility scores adjusted for age, income, education, and chronic diseases for each race-by-gender subgroup.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Black men and women reported more discrimination than white men and women. Health utility tended to be worse as reported discrimination increased. With a few exceptions, differences between mean health utility scores in the lowest and highest discrimination groups exceeded the 0.03 difference generally considered to be a clinically significant difference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Persons who experienced discrimination tended to score lower on health utility measures. The study also revealed a complex relationship between experiences of discrimination and race and gender. Because of these differential social and demographic relationships caution is urged when interpreting self-rated health measures in research, clinical, and policy settings.
authors.affiliation: Miami University-Ohio, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA. slsellers@muohio.edu
authors.forename: Sherrill L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Sellers
authors.forename: Dasha
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cherepanov
authors.forename: Janel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanmer
authors.forename: Dennis G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Fryback
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011287:Prejudice; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*