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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Hum Behav. 2018 Mar 5;2(4):261–268. doi: 10.1038/s41562-018-0316-5

Table 3.

Results of models predicting mortality risk from childhood abuse, social support, and their interactions.

Model 4 Model 5 Model 6

HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p
Severe Physical Abuse

Age 2.45 (1.95, 3.08) < 0.001 2.47 (1.96, 3.10) < 0.001 2.47 (1.96, 3.11) < 0.001
Age × Time 1.15 (1.04, 1.27) 0.006 1.15 (1.04, 1.27) 0.005 1.15 (1.04, 1.27) 0.005
Female 0.81 (0.71, 0.93) 0.002 0.82 (0.72, 0.94) 0.004 0.82 (0.72, 0.94) 0.004
African American 1.70 (1.31, 2.22) < 0.001 1.69 (1.30, 2.20) < 0.001 1.71 (1.32, 2.23) < 0.001
Other 0.93 (0.62, 1.37) 0.701 0.91 (0.61, 1.35) 0.628 0.90 (0.60, 1.33) 0.589
Education 0.85 (0.80, 0.91) < 0.001 0.85 (0.80, 0.91) < 0.001 0.85 (0.80, 0.91) < 0.001
Heart disease 1.90 (1.65, 2.18) < 0.001 1.90 (1.65, 2.18) < 0.001 1.90 (1.66, 2.18) < 0.001
Cancer 2.88 (1.83, 4.54) < 0.001 2.92 (1.85, 4.59) < 0.001 2.95 (1.87, 4.64) < 0.001
Cancer × Time 0.68 (0.55, 0.83) < 0.001 0.68 (0.55, 0.84) < 0.001 0.68 (0.55, 0.83) < 0.001
Depression 1.25 (1.02, 1.52) 0.028 1.19 (0.97, 1.45) 0.091 1.18 (0.97, 1.45) 0.100
Smoking 1.74 (1.52, 2.00) < 0.001 1.75 (1.52, 2.00) < 0.001 1.75 (1.52, 2.00) < 0.001
Alcohol use 1.07 (0.93, 1.22) 0.352 1.03 (0.90, 1.18) 0.622 1.04 (0.91, 1.17) 0.591
Severe physical abuse 1.16 (0.96, 1.39) 0.117 1.11 (0.92, 1.34) 0.262 1.02 (0.83, 1.24) 0.885
Social support 0.88 (0.83, 0.94) < 0.001 0.92 (0.86, 0.98) 0.012
Severe physical abuse × Social support 0.81 (0.70, 0.94) 0.005

Moderate Physical Abuse

Age 2.39 (1.91, 3.00) < 0.001 2.41 (1.92, 3.02) < 0.001 2.41 (1.92, 3.02) < 0.001
Age × Time 1.16 (1.05, 1.28) 0.003 1.16 (1.05, 1.28) 0.002 1.16 (1.05, 1.28) 0.002
Female 0.81 (0.71, 0.92) 0.001 0.81 (0.71, 0.93) 0.002 0.81 (0.71, 0.93) 0.002
African American 1.69 (1.29, 2.20) < 0.001 1.68 (1.29, 2.18) < 0.001 1.69 (1.29, 2.20) < 0.001
Other 0.97 (0.66, 1.44) 0.891 0.95 (0.64, 1.40) 0.782 0.94 (0.63, 1.39) 0.746
Education 0.85 (0.80, 0.90) < 0.001 0.85 (0.80, 0.90) < 0.001 0.85 (0.80, 0.90) < 0.001
Heart disease 1.89 (1.65, 2.17) < 0.001 1.89 (1.64, 2.17) < 0.001 1.89 (1.65, 2.17) < 0.001
Cancer 2.86 (1.82, 4.50) < 0.001 2.91 (1.85, 4.57) < 0.001 2.93 (1.87, 4.61) < 0.001
Cancer × Time 0.68 (0.56, 0.84) < 0.001 0.68 (0.56, 0.84) < 0.001 0.68 (0.56, 0.83) < 0.001
Depression 1.25 (1.02, 1.52) 0.031 1.18 (0.97, 1.45) 0.102 1.18 (0.97, 1.45) 0.100
Smoking 1.74 (1.51, 1.99) < 0.001 1.74 (1.52, 2.00) < 0.001 1.74 (1.51, 1.99) < 0.001
Alcohol use 1.06 (0.93, 1.22) 0.367 1.03 (0.90, 1.18) 0.647 1.04 (0.91, 1.19) 0.587
Moderate physical abuse 0.99 (0.86, 1.15) 0.943 0.97 (0.85, 1.12) 0.727 0.95 (0.83, 1.04) 0.528
Social support 0.88 (0.83, 0.94) < 0.001 0.92 (0.85, 0.99) 0.025
Moderate physical abuse × Social support 0.88 (0.78, 1.00) 0.045

Emotional Abuse

Age 2.38 (1.90, 2.98) < 0.001 2.39 (1.91, 3.00) < 0.001 2.40 (1.91, 3.00) < 0.001
Age × Time 1.16 (1.05, 1.27) 0.003 1.16 (1.05, 1.28) 0.003 1.16 (1.05, 1.28) 0.003
Female 0.81 (0.71, 0.92) 0.002 0.82 (0.72, 0.93) 0.003 0.82 (0.72, 0.94) 0.004
African American 1.74 (1.34, 2.26) < 0.001 1.74 (1.34, 2.26) < 0.001 1.75 (1.34, 2.27) < 0.001
Other 0.95 (0.64, 1.42) 0.803 0.92 (0.62, 1.37) 0.690 0.92 (0.62, 1.37) 0.680
Education 0.84 (0.79, 0.90) < 0.001 0.84 (0.79, 0.90) < 0.001 0.84 (0.79, 0.90) < 0.001
Heart disease 1.90 (1.65, 2.18) < 0.001 1.90 (1.65, 2.18) < 0.001 1.90 (1.65, 2.18) < 0.001
Cancer 2.91 (1.85, 4.56) < 0.001 2.95 (1.88, 4.62) < 0.001 2.94 (1.88, 4.61) < 0.001
Cancer × Time 0.68 (0.56, 0.84) < 0.001 0.68 (0.56, 0.84) < 0.001 0.68 (0.56, 0.84) < 0.001
Depression 1.27 (1.04, 1.54) 0.019 1.20 (0.98, 1.47) 0.070 1.19 (0.98, 1.46) 0.084
Smoking 1.73 (1.51, 1.98) < 0.001 1.73 (1.51, 1.99) < 0.001 1.74 (1.51, 1.99) < 0.001
Alcohol use 1.06 (0.92, 1.21) 0.418 1.02 (0.89, 1.17) 0.734 1.03 (0.90, 1.18) 0.641
Emotional abuse 0.97 (0.85, 1.12) 0.710 0.95 (0.83, 1.09) 0.470 2.26 (0.96, 5.33) 0.340
Social support 0.88 (0.83, 0.93) < 0.001 0.92 (0.85, 0.99) 0.027
Emotional abuse × Social support 0.89 (0.79, 1.00) 0.046

Note. Gender was coded as 0 = male and 1 = female. Race was dummy-coded with European-Americans as the reference group.