Table 1.

Subject Characteristics

	No Maltreatment (n = 21)	Maltreatment (n = 10)
Age (mean ± SD years)	27.6 ± 10.8	25.5 ± 8.5
Sex, Women, n (%)	14 (67%)	8 (80%)
BMI, (mean ± SD)	25.4 ± 4.6	26.2 ± 6.3
Smoker, n (%)	1 (4.8%)	2 (20%)
Oral Contraceptive, n, (% of females)	6 (43%)	2 (25%)
Race, n (%)
Caucasian	16 (76.2%)	5 (50%)
Black	1 (4.8%)	2 (20%)
Hispanic	0	1 (10%)
Asian	2 (9.5%)	1 (10%)
Other	2 (9.5%)	1 (10%)
Highest Education Level, n (%)
High school	1 (4.8%)	1 (10%)
Partial college	7 (33.3%)	5 (50%)
College	8 (38.1%)	3 (30%)
Professional degree	5 (23.8%)	1 (10%)
Childhood Socioeconomic Adversity, n (%)
Experienced	2 (9.5%)	4 (40%)
Did not experience	19 (90.5%)	6 (60%)
Perceived Stress Scale, (Mean ± SD)	16.5 ± 10.9	20.9 ± 6.3
CTQ Subscale Score, (mean ± SD)
Physical Abuse	5.2 ± 0.5	7.8 ± 2.6
Sexual Abuse	5.0 ± 0.0	5.6 ± 1.4
Emotional Abuse	5.4 ± 0.9	12.6 ± 3.3
Emotional Neglect	6.1 ± 1.3	14.7 ± 4.1
Physical Neglect	5.0 ± 0.0	9.4 ± 3.0

BMI, body mass index; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (Subscale scores range from 5-25). T-tests and chi-squares were used to test for differences between the maltreatment and no maltreatment groups on the demographic variables, hormonal contraception use among women, and the Perceived Stress Scale. There were no significant differences between the groups on these variables. Due to the small numbers of participants from different racial groups, race was dichotomized as Caucasian versus non-Caucasian. Education was dichotomized as completed college versus did not.