Table 1.

Age-adjusted^a characteristics of participants by physical and sexual abuse history, Nurses’ Health Study II

	Childhood and/or Adolescent Physical Abuse					Childhood and/or Adolescent Sexual Abuse
Characteristic	none n=328	mild n=126	moderate n=186	severe n=62	p-value	none n=474	touch only n=159	forced sex n=69	p-value
Age at blood collection, years	42.7 (4.9)	42.1 (4.7)	42.9 (4.5)	43.7 (4.6)	0.17	42.8 (4.8)	42.6 (4.5)	41.9 (4.2)	0.45
Somatotype at age 5 years	2.5 (0.07)	2.7 (0.11)	2.6 (0.09)	2.8 (0.15)	0.10	2.6 (0.06)	2.4 (0.10)	2.7 (0.14)	0.23
BMI in 1999	26.0 (0.4)	25.9 (0.6)	26.3 (0.5)	27.0 (0.8)	0.65	26.1 (0.3)	26.0 (0.5)	26.8 (0.7)	0.61
BMI at age 18 years	21.1 (0.2)	21.4 (0.3)	21.3 (0.2)	21.2 (0.4)	0.79	21.1 (0.2)	21.3 (0.3)	21.6 (0.4)	0.39
Physical activity in 1997 (METs/week)	19.8 (4.6)	18.3 (7.1)	28.9 (5.9)	13.7 (9.8)	0.43	15.9 (3.9)	34.3 (6.3)	29.9 (9.4)	0.02
Age at menarche, years	12.4 (1.4)	12.5 (1.5)	12.5 (1.5)	12.7 (1.6)	0.51	12.5 (0.07)	12.5 (0.1)	12.1 (0.2)	0.12
Alcohol intake in 1999 (grams/day)	1.9 (0.07)	2.3 (0.10)	2.1 (0.09)	2.1 (0.14)	0.06	2.0 (0.06)	2.1 (0.09)	1.9 (0.14)	0.28
White race	97.1%	97.3%	97.3%	90.7%	0.09	96.8%	97.9%	93.0%	0.19
Current smoking in 1999	30.8%	36.6%	45.8%	53.3%	0.0003	35.2%	39.8%	54.2%	0.01
Antidepressant use in 1999	10.0%	9.5%	7.1%	26.1%	0.0002	9.6%	11.5%	16.9%	0.16
>15 grams/day alcohol in 1999	4.2%	7.4%	5.0%	5.3%	0.59	4.3%	9.0%	1.7%	0.03
Mom > high school education	34.8%	30.4%	23.56%	24.3%	0.05	30.6%	27.3%	32.2%	0.69
Dad > high school education	40.8%	35.6%	27.0%	38.2%	0.02	36.9%	33.1%	38.7%	0.62
Moderate–severe physical abuse						30.3%	45.9%	47.0%	0.0002
Sexual abuseb	23.4%	33.1%	35.8%	58.5%	<0.0001

^aAll characteristics standardized by age at blood collection. M (SE) reported for all factors except age at blood draw, for which SD is reported.

^bIncludes unwanted touching and forced sex