Table 3. . Differences in mean NR3C1 levels by child abuse in the Black Women's Health Study (2005), stratified by emotional support in childhood.
| Severity and type of abuse |
Emotional support in childhood |
p-value, test for interaction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yes (n = 164)
|
No (n = 84)
|
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| Number of women (%) | NR3C1 % mean (SE) | Adjusted β (95% CI)† | Number of women (%) | NR3C1 % mean (SE) | Adjusted β (95% CI)† | ||
| No child abuse |
92 (54.4) |
51.9 (0.50) |
Referent (0.00) |
26 (30.2) |
52.4 (0.72) |
Referent (0.00) |
0.6924 |
| Any child abuse |
72 (45.6) |
52.7 (0.56) |
0.94 (-0.60, 2.48) |
58 (69.8) |
52.5 (0.48) |
0.37 (-1.45, 2.19) |
|
|
Physical abuse frequency
| |||||||
| Low |
23 (13.6) |
51.7 (1.06) |
-0.01 (-2.55, 2.42) |
19 (22.1) |
51.2 (0.81) |
-0.60 (-2.92, 1.72) |
0.9085 |
| Intermediate |
18 (10.6) |
51.9 (1.15) |
0.37 (-2.25, 2.98) |
12 (14.0) |
51.8 (1.04) |
-0.24 (-3.19, 2.71) |
|
| High |
21 (12.4) |
53.0 (1.06) |
1.39 (-1.06, 3.84) |
22 (25.6) |
53.9 (0.76) |
2.31 (0.01, 4.62) |
|
| p-trend |
|
|
0.276 |
|
|
0.038 |
|
|
Sexual abuse frequency
| |||||||
| One to three incidents |
23 (13.6) |
54.6 (1.45) |
2.81 (-0.68, 6.30) |
16 (18.6) |
53.3 (1.12) |
3.09 (-0.96, 7.13) |
0.6544 |
| Four or more incidents |
9 (5.3) |
53.8 (1.92) |
1.38 (-2.98, 5.74) |
10 (11.6) |
54.8 (1.48) |
4.44 (-0.27, 9.15) |
|
| p-trend |
|
|
0.443 |
|
|
0.076 |
|
|
Severity of abuse
| |||||||
| Mild |
13 (7.7) |
50.7 (1.33) |
-1.22 (-4.06, 1.62) |
12 (14.0) |
51.9 (1.06) |
-0.24 (-2.92, 2.44) |
0.8178 |
| Moderate |
31 (18.3) |
53.1 (0.86) |
1.54 (-0.46, 3.54) |
18 (20.9) |
51.8 (0.87) |
-0.38 (-2.76, 2.00) |
|
| Severe |
26 (15.4) |
53.1 (0.94) |
1.28 (-0.83, 3.39) |
24 (27.9) |
53.1 (0.75) |
0.92 (-1.29, 3.14) |
|
| Very severe |
2 (1.2) |
52.1 (3.39) |
0.44 (-6.32, 7.20) |
4 (4.7) |
54.4 (1.84) |
1.86 (-2.23, 5.96) |
|
| p-trend | 0.115 | 0.288 | |||||
Tests for trend include zero level of exposure (i.e., no child abuse). No child abuse is reference group for all comparisons. All models of sexual abuse control for physical abuse, and vice versa.
†Adjusted for age and parental education.
β: Mean difference; SE: Standard error.