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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 May 10;215(4):501.e1–501.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.04.052

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population according to types of childhood abuse in Lima, Peru (N = 2,964)

Characteristics All
participants
(N= 2,964)
No abuse
(N = 836)
Physical abuse
only
(N = 1,146)
Sexual abuse
only
(N = 231)
Physical and
sexual abuse
(N = 751)
P-value
N % N % n % n % N %
Age (years) a 28.1 ± 6.3 27.7 ± 6.1 28.0 ± 6.4 28.2 ± 6.5 28.7 ± 6.3 0.02
Age (years) 0.02
 18-19 162 5.5 39 4.7 67 5.8 15 6.5 41 5.5
 20-29 1658 55.9 512 61.2 633 55.2 128 55.4 385 51.3
 30-34 609 20.5 154 18.4 236 20.6 40 17.3 179 23.8
 ≥35 535 18.0 131 15.7 40 18.3 48 20.8 146 18.0
Education (years) 0.68
 ≤6 125 4.2 37 4.4 48 4.2 5 2.2 35 4.7
 7-12 1621 54.7 467 55.9 623 54.4 123 53.2 408 54.3
 >12 1211 40.9 330 39.5 473 41.3 101 43.7 307 40.9
Mestizo ethnicity 2226 75.1 640 76.6 853 74.4 180 77.9 553 73.6 0.34
Married/living with a
partner
2390 80.6 688 82.3 928 81.0 177 76.6 597 79.5 0.20
Employed 1367 46.1 382 45.7 516 45.1 111 48.1 358 47.7 0.65
Access to basic foods <0.0001
 Hard 1474 49.7 350 41.9 559 48.8 126 54.5 439 58.5
 Not very hard 1488 50.2 486 58.1 585 51.0 105 45.5 312 41.5
Nulliparous 1448 48.9 452 54.1 548 48.0 115 49.8 333 44.3 0.001
Planned pregnancy 1222 41.2 367 43.9 480 41.9 90 39.0 285 37.9 0.10
Gestational age interview a 9.2 ± 3.5 9.3 ± 3.4 9.3 ± 3.5 9.3 ± 3.3 9.2 ± 3.6 0.91
Early pregnancy body mass
index (kg/m2)
0.52
 <18.5 59 2.0 21 2.5 23 2.0 4 1.7 11 1.5
 18.5-24.9 1423 48.0 383 45.8 563 49.1 120 51.9 357 47.5
 25-29.9 1088 36.7 323 38.6 414 36.1 76 32.9 275 36.6
 ≥30 362 12.2 93 11.1 141 12.3 26 11.3 102 13.6
Intimate partner violence b 1087 36.7 203 24.3 382 33.3 99 42.9 403 53.7 <0.0001
Depression (PHQ-8≥10) 781 26.3 125 15.0 338 29.5 48 20.8 270 36.0 <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.