Table 2.

Dose–Response Relationship Between Violence, Somatization and Comorbid Diseases

	Number of women	Mean number of somatic symptoms (95% CI)	Mean number of comorbid diseases (95% CI)
Physical violence* exposure during last 12 months
Not exposed	2,645	1.8 (1.7–1.9)	0.5 (0.5–0.6)
One time	44	2.8 (2.0–3.6)	0.8 (0.4–1.1)
Two times	17	3.5 (2.4–4.6)	0.9 (0.5–1.3)
Three times or more	24	4.8 (3.6–6.0)	1.2 (0.8–1.6)
Sexual abuse in adult life
Never	2,216	1.7 (1.6–1.8)	0.5 (0.4–0.5)
Coerced, but never forced	339	2.7 (2.4–3.0)	0.7 (0.6–0.8)
Forced	94	3.7 (3.2–4.3)	1.1 (0.9–1.4)
Both physical and sexual violence during last 12 months
No	2,301	1.9 (1.8–2.0)	0.5 (0.5–0.6)
Yes	13	6.0 (4.3–7.7)	1.5 (0.5–2.4)

Not all women responded to each question; thus, the denominator varies

*Hit, slapped, kicked, or otherwise physically hurt by someone