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Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2024 Jul 2;86(8):670–680. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001331

Table 3.

Prospective associations between trauma exposure and incident arthritis over 12 years of follow-up in the Health and Retirement Study (n=2,269)

Any Arthritis
Crude Confounder Adult Social Factors Biobehavioral Factors Depressive Symptoms
Trauma Variables HR (91%CI) HR (95%CI) HR (91%CI) HR (91%CI) HR (91%CI)
Any Lifetime Trauma
 No Trauma Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Any Lifetime Trauma 1.25 (1.07, 1.46) 1.25 (1.07, 1.47) 1.25 (1.06, 1.46) 1.22 (1.04, 1.44) 1.20 (1.02, 1.42)
R2 Nagelkerke 0.004 0.011 0.015 0.032 0.040
Lifecourse Trauma Accumulation
 Count of Trauma, M (SD) 1.12 (1.07, 1.19) 1.13 (1.07, 1.19) 1.13 (1.07, 1.19) 1.13 (1.07, 1.19) 1.11 (1.05, 1.18)
R2 Nagelkerke 0.009 0.016 0.021 0.038 0.045
Lifecourse Trauma Profiles a
 No Trauma Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Childhood Only 1.41 (1.16, 1.71) 1.45 (1.19, 1.76) 1.44 (1.18, 1.75) 1.41 (1.16, 1.73) 1.41 (1.15, 1.72)
 Adult Only 1.21 (0.97, 1.51) 1.19 (0.96, 1.48) 1.20 (0.97, 1.50) 1.19 (0.95, 1.48) 1.17 (0.94, 1.46)
 Both Childhood and Adult 1.17 (0.88, 1.56) 1.21 (0.90, 1.61) 1.19 (0.89, 1.59) 1.17 (0.87, 1.58) 1.11 (0.82, 1.49)
R2 Nagelkerke 0.007 0.017 0.021 0.032 0.041
Immune-Related Arthritis
Crude Confounder Adult Social Factors Biobehavioral Factors Depressive Symptoms
Trauma Variables HR (91%CI) HR (95%CI) HR (91%CI) HR (91%CI) HR (91%CI)
Any Lifetime Trauma
 No Trauma Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Any Lifetime Trauma 1.00 (0.71, 1.42) 1.02 (0.72, 1.43) 1.01 (0.72, 1.43) 0.95 (0.66. 1.35) 0.92 (0.65, 1.30)
R2 Nagelkerke 0.000 0.017 0.019 0.026 0.032
Lifecourse Trauma Accumulation
 Count of Trauma, M (SD) 1.08 (0.95, 1.22) 1.07 (0.95, 1.21) 1.07 (0.94, 1.21) 1.05 (0.92, 1.19) 1.03 (0.90, 1.17)
R2 Nagelkerke 0.001 0.017 0.019 0.026 0.032
Lifecourse Trauma Profiles a
 No Trauma Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Childhood Only 1.24 (0.81, 1.90) 1.29 (0.85, 1.96) 1.23 (0.81, 1.89) 1.16 (0.75, 1.80) 1.16 (0.75, 1.80)
 Adult Only 0.71 (0.42, 1.24) 0.73 (0.42, 1.25) 0.75 (0.44, 1.30) 0.71 (0.40, 1.25) 0.71 (0.41, 1.24)
 Both Childhood and Adult 0.61 (0.30, 1.26) 0.61 (0.30, 1.24) 0.57 (0.28, 1.18) 0.54 (0.25, 1.13) 0.48 (0.23, 1.01)
R2 Nagelkerke 0.004 0.026 0.031 0.035 0.042
Osteoarthritis
Crude Confounder Adult Social Factors Biobehavioral Factors Depressive Symptoms
Trauma Variables HR (91%CI) HR (95%CI) HR (91%CI) HR (91%CI) HR (91%CI)
Any Lifetime Trauma
 No Trauma Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Any Lifetime Trauma 1.22 (1.02, 1.48) 1.23 (1.02, 1.49) 1.24 (1.03, 1.50) 1.20 (1.00, 1.45) 1.18 (0.98, 1.43)
R2 Nagelkerke 0.002 0.008 0.011 0.029 0.037
Lifecourse Trauma Accumulation
 Count of Trauma, M (SD) 1.13 (1.07, 1.21) 1.14 (1.07, 1.22) 1.14 (1.07, 1.22) 1.14 (1.07, 1.21) 1.12 (1.05, 1.20)
R2 Nagelkerke 0.007 0.013 0.016 0.035 0.041
Lifecourse Trauma Profiles a
 No Trauma Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Childhood Only 1.48 (1.18, 1.85) 1.50 (1.20, 1.87) 1.51 (1.20, 1.89) 1.47 (1.17, 1.85) 1.45 (1.16, 1.83)
 Adult Only 1.12 (0.86, 1.46) 1.13 (0.87, 1.48) 1.14 (0.87, 1.49) 1.12 (0.85, 1.46) 1.10 (0.84, 1.44)
 Both Childhood and Adult 1.25 (0.90, 1.74) 1.30 (0.94, 1.80) 1.28 (0.93, 1.78) 1.24 (0.89, 1.72) 1.17 (0.83, 1.63)
R2 Nagelkerke 0.007 0.016 0.018 0.031 0.040
a

n=1,758 due to missing timing of exposures

CI = confidence intervals; PR = prevalence ratio.

Model adjustment: Crude (no covariates), Confounder (age, gender, race, ethnicity), Adult Social Factors (confounders plus educational attainment and marital status), Biobehavioral Factors (confounders, adult social factors, and BMI, alcohol use, smoking, and physical activity), Depressive Symptoms (confounders, adult social factors, biobehavioral factors, and depressive symptoms). Models are adjusted for inverse probability weighting for selection bias. Bolded estimates are significant at p<.05. Immune-related arthritis includes rheumatoid arthritis, gout, and lupus; Osteoarthritis includes osteoarthritis and arthritis due to injury.