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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019 Nov 14;112:104515. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104515

Table 1:

Characteristics of Mind Body Study participants in 2013 by cumulative physical and sexual child abuse (CA) history.

Characteristics Cumulative physical and sexual CA history
All None-Moderate High-Severe
N (%) 217 (100.0) 113 (52.1) 104 (47.9)
Mean age in years (SD) 60.6 (4.0) 61.0 (3.9) 60.1 (4.4)
Mean body mass index (kg/m2) 26.6 (6.1) 26.1 (6.1) 27.1 (6.0)
History of type 2 diabetes % 4.6 2.7 6.7
History of hypertension % 34.6 27.4 42.3
Surgical ovary removal % 28.8 24.1 34.0
Current smokers % 3.2 1.8 4.8
Alcohol drinking, gram/day (SD) 7.6 (11.1) 7.4 (9.7) 7.9 (12.4)
Caffeine intake (mg/day) 178 (145) 163 (130) 195 (158)
Total caloric intake (kcal/day) 1773 (554) 1813 (569) 1729 (535)
Recent shiftwork in the past 4 years 6.9 5.3 8.9
History of shiftwork %
 None 23.0 29.2 16.4
 ≤5 years 52.5 49.6 55.8
 >5 years 24.4 21.2 27.9
Mental health and trauma
 History of physician-diagnosed depression % 32.3 23.9 41.4
 Probable anxiety (GAD score ≥5) 19.9 14.4 26.0
 PTSD symptoms ≥4 % 23.0 14.2 32.7
 Mean age of worst traumatic event (SD)* 29.6 (13.7) 30.2 (13.0) 25.5 (16.4)
 Child abuse worst trauma % 18.4 3.5 34.6
Sleep
 Awake ≥18 hours % 4.6 4.4 4.8
 Bedtime 0.5hr later than usual % 8.8 6.2 11.5
 History of sleep apnea % 6.1 4.5 7.8
 History of insomnia % 19.8 14.2 26.0
 Poor sleep (PSQI score >5) % 61.7 51.8 72.7
Medication use
 History of antidepressant use % 24.9 17.7 32.7
 History of minor tranquilizer use % 8.3 3.5 13.5
 Beta-blocker use % 13.8 9.7 18.3
 DHEA medication use % 2.8 4.4 1.0
 Oral steroid use % 4.2 4.4 3.9
 Testosterone therapy use % 0.9 1.8 0.0

Abbreviations: GAD-7= Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale; PSQI= Pittsburgh sleep quality index, PTSD= post-traumatic stress disorder