Table 1.
Age standardized characteristics in 2001 according to severity of early life physical and sexual abuse among 67 726 female nurses (Nurses’ Health Study II, 2001-19)
| Characteristics* | Severity of physical abuse | Severity of sexual abuse | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Mild physical abuse | Moderate physical abuse | Severe physical abuse | None | Sexual touching as child or adolescent | Forced sexual activity as child or adolescent | Forced sexual activity as child and adolescent | ||
| Number | 31 460 | 12 607 | 17 785 | 5874 | 45 008 | 15 045 | 5778 | 1895 | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 46.8 (4.7) | 46.9 (4.7) | 46.9 (4.6) | 47 (4.6) | 46.8 (4.7) | 46.9 (4.7) | 46.9 (4.6) | 47.1 (4.6) | |
| White | 29 932 (95.1) | 11 941 (94.7) | 16 380 (92.1) | 5381 (91.6) | 42 652 (94.8) | 13 943 (92.7) | 5339 (92.4) | 1700 (89.7) | |
| Parental highest education above high school | 14 254 (45.3) | 5571 (44.1) | 7025 (39.5) | 2152 (36.8) | 20 005 (44.4) | 6103 (40.7) | 2233 (38.6) | 661 (35.0) | |
| Parents owned home at participant’s birth | 18 436 (58.6) | 6988 (55.3) | 9528 (53.6) | 2827 (48.3) | 25 582 (56.8) | 8245 (54.9) | 3031 (52.4) | 921 (48.9) | |
| Parents worked as a professional, manager, or executive at the participant’s birth | 10 673 (33.9) | 4036 (31.9) | 4953 (27.9) | 1484 (25.4) | 14 771 (32.8) | 4362 (29.1) | 1556 (26.9) | 457 (24.3) | |
| Age at menarche (years), mean (SD) | 12.4 (1.4) | 12.4 (1.4) | 12.4 (1.4) | 12.4 (1.5) | 12.4 (1.4) | 12.3 (1.4) | 12.3 (1.5) | 12.2 (1.6) | |
| Body mass index | |||||||||
| <18.5 | 409 (1.3) | 160 (1.3) | 210 (1.2) | 61 (1.1) | 623 (1.4) | 147 (1.0) | 42 (0.7) | 28 (1.5) | |
| 18.5-24.9 | 15 633 (49.7) | 6204 (49.1) | 8115 (45.7) | 2448 (42.0) | 22 454 (49.8) | 6778 (45.3) | 2504 (43.3) | 664 (35.3) | |
| 25-29.9 | 8448 (26.9) | 3416 (27.1) | 4985 (28.0) | 1572 (26.7) | 12 076 (26.9) | 4174 (27.7) | 1621 (28.1) | 550 (29.0) | |
| ≥30 | 6970 (22.2) | 2827 (22.5) | 4475 (25.1) | 1793 (30.3) | 9855 (21.9) | 3946 (26.1) | 1611 (27.8) | 653 (34.2) | |
| Parental history of CVD before age 60 years | 8524 (27.1) | 3446 (27.4) | 5105 (28.7) | 1911 (32.3) | 12 143 (27.1) | 4384 (29.0) | 1789 (30.9) | 670 (35.0) | |
| Total physical activity (hours/week), mean (SD) | 2.4 (3.1) | 2.5 (3.1) | 2.4 (3.3) | 2.5 (3.6) | 2.5 (3.2) | 2.3 (3.2) | 2.4 (3.3) | 2.4 (3.6) | |
| AHEI-2010 dietary score,† mean (SD) | 55.6 (12.8) | 56.1 (12.7) | 56 (12.9) | 56.8 (13.1) | 55.8 (12.8) | 56.3 (12.9) | 56.2 (13) | 55.8 (12.7) | |
| Alcohol intake (g/day), mean (SD) | 3.8 (6.9) | 4.5 (7.8) | 4.0 (7.5) | 4.2 (8.0) | 4.0 (7.2) | 4.2 (7.6) | 4.1 (7.7) | 3.6 (7.5) | |
| Parity,‡ mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.8 (1.2) | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.8 (1.3) | |
| Depression | 7735 (24.6) | 3730 (29.6) | 5892 (33.1) | 2738 (46.5) | 11 656 (25.9) | 5140 (34.1) | 2350 (40.7) | 949 (50.1) | |
| Phobic anxiety symptom scores ≥3 | 7163 (22.8) | 3327 (26.4) | 4886 (27.5) | 1982 (33.7) | 10 934 (24.3) | 3902 (25.9) | 1821 (31.5) | 701 (36.9) | |
| Smoking status | |||||||||
| Never | 22 043 (70.0) | 7929 (62.8) | 11 163 (62.8) | 3184 (54.5) | 30 600 (67.9) | 9465 (63.1) | 3184 (55.1) | 1070 (56.6) | |
| Past | 7219 (23.0) | 3512 (28.0) | 5005 (28.1) | 1936 (32.7) | 10 957 (24.4) | 4271 (28.2) | 1880 (32.5) | 564 (29.6) | |
| Current 1-34 cigarettes/day | 2069 (6.6) | 1097 (8.7) | 1498 (8.4) | 708 (12.1) | 3233 (7.2) | 1221 (8.1) | 679 (11.8) | 239 (12.6) | |
| Current ≥35 cigarettes/day | 100 (0.3) | 59 (0.5) | 88 (0.5) | 43 (0.7) | 163 (0.4) | 75 (0.5) | 31 (0.5) | 21 (1.1) | |
| Oral contraceptive use | |||||||||
| Never | 2805 (8.9) | 1124 (8.8) | 1447 (8.2) | 420 (7.4) | 4048 (8.9) | 1184 (8.2) | 446 (7.7) | 118 (6.3) | |
| Past | 24 024 (76.4) | 9812 (78.0) | 14 109 (79.3) | 4731 (80.3) | 34 396 (76.5) | 11 967 (79.3) | 4728 (81.8) | 1585 (83.6) | |
| Current | 4478 (14.3) | 1618 (12.8) | 2145 (12.0) | 677 (11.5) | 6341 (14.1) | 1827 (12.1) | 574 (9.9) | 176 (9.3) | |
| Tier of residence at birth,§ | |||||||||
| North | 6528 (20.7) | 2383 (18.9) | 3759 (21.1) | 1138 (19.4) | 9116 (20.2) | 3141 (20.9) | 1151 (19.9) | 400 (21.1) | |
| Middle | 7821 (24.9) | 3024 (24.0) | 4536 (25.5) | 1393 (23.7) | 10 716 (23.8) | 4035 (26.8) | 1502 (26.0) | 521 (27.4) | |
| South | 13 922 (44.3) | 5867 (46.6) | 7555 (42.5) | 2632 (44.7) | 20 611 (45.8) | 6162 (40.8) | 2443 (42.3) | 760 (40.3) | |
| Outside of US or uncertain | 3189 (10.1) | 1333 (10.6) | 1935 (10.9) | 711 (12.2) | 4565 (10.1) | 1707 (11.4) | 682 (11.8) | 214 (11.3) | |
AHEI-10=Alternative Health Eating Index 2010; CVD=cardiovascular disease; SD=standard deviation.
*
Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise; means (standard deviations) and percentages of all variables except for age are age standardized.
†
551 (0.8%) nurses had missing data on baseline diet scores (including alcohol intake).
‡
Pregnancies lasting at least six months.
§
The north tier of states, lying above 41-42° N latitude, includes states in the east column, the central column, the mountain column, and the Pacific column; the middle tier of states has east, central, mountain, and Pacific columns; the south tier, lying south of 37° N latitude comprises states in the east, central, mountain, and Pacific columns.