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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Headache. 2016 May 31;56(6):976–986. doi: 10.1111/head.12855

Table 1. Socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics of the study population according to types of childhood abuse in Lima, Peru.

Characteristics All participants
(N = 2970)
No abuse
(N = 839)
Physical abuse only
(N = 1148)
Sexual abuse only
(N = 233)
Physical and sexual abuse
(N = 750)
P-value





n % n % n % n % n %
Age (years) a 28.1 ± 6.3 27.7 ± 6.1 28.1 ± 6.4 28.2 ± 6.5 28.7 ± 6.3 0.02
Age (years)
 18-20 162 5.5 39 4.6 67 5.8 15 6.4 41 5.5 0.01
 20-29 1662 56.0 514 61.3 635 55.3 129 55.4 384 51.2
 30-34 610 20.5 155 18.5 235 20.5 40 17.2 180 24.0
 ≥35 536 18.0 131 15.6 211 18.4 49 21.0 145 19.3
Education (years)
 ≤6 127 4.3 37 4.4 49 4.3 5 2.1 36 4.8 0.66
 7-12 1625 54.7 469 55.9 624 54.4 125 53.6 407 54.3
 >12 1211 40.8 331 39.5 473 41.2 101 43.3 306 40.8
Mestizo ethnicity 2228 75.0 641 76.4 854 74.4 180 77.3 553 73.7 0.45
Married/living with a partner 2396 80.7 691 82.4 930 81.0 179 76.8 596 79.5 0.21
Employed 1370 46.1 383 45.6 515 44.9 113 48.5 359 47.9 0.53
Access to basic foods 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Hard 1475 49.7 350 41.7 560 48.8 127 54.5 438 58.4 <0.0001
 Not very hard 1493 50.3 489 58.3 586 51.0 106 45.5 312 41.6
Nulliparous 1446 48.7 452 53.9 547 47.6 116 49.8 331 44.1 0.001
Planned pregnancy 1225 41.2 368 43.9 482 42.0 92 39.5 283 37.7 0.09
Gestational age at interview a 9.2 ± 3.5 9.3 ± 3.4 9.3 ± 3.5 9.3 ± 3.3 9.2 ± 3.6 0.94
Early pregnancy body mass index (kg/m2)
 <18.5 59 2.0 21 2.5 23 2.0 4 1.7 11 1.5 0.49
 18.5-24.9 1425 48.0 385 45.9 563 49.0 121 51.9 356 47.5
 25-29.9 1087 36.6 323 38.5 414 36.1 77 33.0 273 36.4
 ≥30 366 12.3 93 11.1 143 12.5 26 11.2 104 13.9
Intimate partner violence b 1090 36.7 202 24.1 383 33.4 101 43.3 404 53.9 <0.0001

Due to missing data, percentages may not add up to 100%.

a

mean ± SD (standard deviation)

b

Lifetime intimate partner violence

For continuous variables, P-value was calculated using the ANOVA; for categorical variables, P-value was calculated using the Chi-square test.