Table 1.
Age-standardized characteristics in 1989 of Nurses’ Health Study II Participants in Current Analysis according to Child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) response categories (N=67,516) and sexual abuse categories (N=67,480)
| CTQ Response
Category N=67,516 |
Sexual Abuse Response
Category N=67,480 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | None/Very Low N= 14,703 |
Low N=16,589 |
Moderate N=20,153 |
High N=16,071 |
None N=44,841 |
Low N=15,907 |
Moderate/High N=6,732 |
| Age in 1989- mean ± SD | 34.8 ± 4.8 | 34.5 ± 4.7 | 34.4 + 4.6 | 34.8 ± 4.5 | 34.5 ± 4.7 | 34.8 ± 4.6 | 34.8 ± 4.6 |
| Non-white race - % | 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 8.7 |
| Parental education - % | |||||||
| ≤ high school | 43.3 | 44.9 | 47.0 | 49.8 | 45.2 | 48.0 | 50.0 |
| Some college | 32.1 | 32.8 | 32.4 | 33.6 | 32.7 | 32.4 | 33.2 |
| College and above | 24.6 | 22.4 | 20.6 | 16.6 | 22.1 | 19.5 | 16.8 |
| Parental occupation - % | |||||||
| Mother works in home | 62.9 | 62.5 | 61.8 | 58.7 | 62.8 | 60.4 | 55.5 |
| Farmer | 7.1 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Laborer | 7.8 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.8 |
| Blue/lower white collar | 46.4 | 49.3 | 50.9 | 52.8 | 49.4 | 51.2 | 51.1 |
| White collar | 27.6 | 25.3 | 22.9 | 18.3 | 25.0 | 21.4 | 17.6 |
| Parental home ownership - % | 52.3 | 48.9 | 47.9 | 44.0 | 49.2 | 47.0 | 44.6 |
| Birthweight - % | |||||||
| <5.5 lbs | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 80.6 | 79.3 | 76.4 |
| 5.5–9.9 lbs | 81.2 | 81.5 | 79.8 | 77.1 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
| ≥10 lbs | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Age 5 Somatogram ≥5* - % | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 10.8 |
| Menarche at age ≤10 years - % | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 10.8 |
| Alcohol intake - % | |||||||
| None | 38.2 | 36.5 | 37.0 | 38.6 | 37.0 | 37.3 | 40.9 |
| 0–5g/day | 42.2 | 42.7 | 42.7 | 41.2 | 42.9 | 41.6 | 39.0 |
| ≥5g/day | 19.6 | 20.9 | 20.4 | 20.3 | 20.1 | 21.1 | 20.0 |
| Zip code median household income in 1989- median $ (IQR) | 56,907 (45,516, 71,151) | 56,890 (45,417, 71,795) | 56,935 (45,545, 71,743) | 56,450 (45,162, 71,082) | 58,085 (46,434, 72,520) | 56,479 (45,250, 71,250) | 55,135 (44,150, 69,389) |
| Smoking status- % | |||||||
| Never | 71.3 | 68.6 | 65.7 | 59.8 | 68.6 | 62.8 | 58.0 |
| Past | 19.0 | 20.1 | 22.1 | 25.8 | 20.4 | 23.9 | 26.3 |
| Current | 9.8 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 15.8 |
| BMI- % | |||||||
| 18.5-<25 | 70.5 | 69.1 | 67.7 | 64.0 | 69.4 | 66.1 | 61.4 |
| 25-<30 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 16.9 | 19.3 | 20.0 |
| 30+ | 8.6 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 15.4 |
| Depression# -% | |||||||
| None | 76.2 | 72.5 | 66.6 | 56.0 | 70.9 | 64.9 | 53.4 |
| Depression | 23.8 | 27.5 | 33.4 | 44.0 | 29.1 | 35.1 | 46.6 |
| Trauma and PTSD+ - % | |||||||
| No trauma, no PTSD | 41.1 | 35.1 | 28.7 | 14.7 | 36.5 | 19.9 | 6.4 |
| Trauma, no PTSD | 37.8 | 39.8 | 40.5 | 37.4 | 38.8 | 42.5 | 31.8 |
| PTSD low score | 15.1 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 23.9 | 16.2 | 22.8 | 28.1 |
| PTSD moderate + high score | 6.0 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 24.1 | 8.4 | 14.8 | 33.7 |
Values except for age are age-standardized to the age distribution of the study population
Age 5 somatogram score represents the diagram that the participant chose that best represents her body type ranging from 1 (very thin) to 9 (very obese)
Measured by self-reported physician diagnosis, Mental Health Inventory-5 score <60, or use of antidepressant medication for subset of subjects with data available (N=67,469 for CTQ and N=66,904 for sexual abuse)
PTSD available for subset of subjects (N=50,093 for CTQ and N=50,082 for sexual abuse)