High blood pressure damages arteries and makes them less elastic, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each participant said they did not have high blood pressure at the start of the study, and most said they were not smokers and consumed little or no alcohol.
According to the analysis, 319 of the participants reported developing high blood pressure by the end of the eight years.
People who experienced intermediate levels of workplace discrimination at the beginning of the study were 22% more likely than those who reported low levels of workplace discrimination to report high blood pressure after eight years.
Compared with participants who experienced low workplace discrimination at the beginning of the study, people with high levels of workplace discrimination were 54% more likely to report high blood pressure after eight years.