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

Objectives: 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.

Methods: 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.