Table 4.

Adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for the association of a 1 standard deviation-increase in lower-order posttraumatic symptom dimensions with incident hypertension in 2,709 trauma-exposed women, 1989 to 2013 assessments

	Re-experiencing Dimension		Avoidance Dimension		Anxious Arousal Dimension		Numbing Dimension		Dysphoric Arousal Dimension
	HR (95% CI)	P	HR (95% CI)	P	HR (95% CI)	P	HR (95% CI)	P	HR (95% CI)	P
Model 1: Minimally adjusted modela	1.09 (1.01–1.17)	.03	1.08 (1.00–1.16)	.04	1.02 (0.94–1.09)	.68	1.04 (0.97–1.12)	.28	1.05 (0.97–1.13)	.22
Model 2: Model adjusted for biomedical and health behavior covariatesb	1.08 (1.00–1.17)	.05	1.07 (0.99–1.16)	.09	1.03 (0.95–1.11)	.50	1.04 (0.95–1.12)	.41	1.05 (0.97–1.14)	.26
Model 3: Model adjusted for other lower-order symptom dimensionsc	1.10 (0.97–1.24)	.15	1.06 (0.95–1.18)	.34	0.97 (0.88–1.07)	.53	0.95 (0.83–1.08)	.42	1.01 (0.89–1.14)	.90

Note. HR=hazard ratio. CI=confidence interval. Posttraumatic symptom dimension variables were modeled as z-scores. There were 925 incident hypertension events over 56,561 person-years.

^aAdjusted for age, race/ethnicity, parental education, maternal and paternal history of hypertension, and age 5 somatotype.

^bAdjusted for variables in Model 1 plus oral contraceptive use, menopausal status, hormone therapy use, hypercholesterolemia, acetaminophen use, aspirin use, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, antidepressant use, body mass index, cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity, and diet quality.

^cAdjusted for variables in Model 2 plus the other four lower-order symptom dimensions of the dysphoric arousal model.