Table 3.
Adjusted† hazard ratios for hypertension diagnosis following adult exposure to adult lifetime physical intimate partner violence, adult lifetime sexual intimate partner violence, and emotional intimate partner violence among women ≤45 and >45 in 2001: Nurses’ Health Study II, 2001–2007.
| Exposure* | Age ≤45 years in 2001
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Age >45 years in 2001
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person-years (Cases) | HR | (95% CI) | Person-years (Cases) | HR | (95% CI) | |
| Ever Adult Physical Abuse | ||||||
| Never | 88,476 (1,508) | 1.00 | REF | 120,854 (3,349) | 1.00 | REF |
| Once or more than once | 20,979 (434) | 1.16 | (1.04, 1.30) | 36,668 (1,086) | 1.02 | (0.95, 1.10) |
| Ever Adult Sexual Abuse | ||||||
| Never | 100,622 (1,777) | 1.00 | REF | 140,083 (3,934) | 1.00 | REF |
| Once or more than once | 8,874 (167) | 1.01 | (0.85, 1.18) | 17,337 (503) | 0.98 | (0.89, 1.08) |
| WEB‡ Scale for Current Relationship in 2001 | ||||||
| WEB Scale = 10–19 | 87,343 (1,511) | 1.00 | REF | 118,393 (3245) | 1.00 | REF |
| WEB Scale = 20–39 | 7,080 (142) | 1.12 | (0.94, 1.33) | 10,202 (285) | 0.99 | (0.88, 1.12) |
| WEB Scale = 40–60 | 1,486 (38) | 1.45 | (1.04, 2.01) | 1,780 (60) | 1.16 | (0.89, 1.50) |
*
Separate models were run for each abuse exposure
†
Adjusted for child physical and sexual abuse, race, parental educational attainment, somatogram score at age 5, and BMI at age 18