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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Sep 10;6(10):830–839. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30286-X

Table 2. Effect of childhood sexual abuse on long-term outcomes, quality measurements, and population attributable fractions.

Odds ratio 95% CI 95% prediction interval I2 (%) 95% CI for I2 Excess statistical significance ratio Population attributable fraction (%) 95% CI for population attributable fraction
Sexual offending vs non-sexual offending 3·4 2·3–4·8 1·1–10·3 54% 21–74   ·· 14·7%  9·6–19·9
Conversion disorder 3·3 2·2–4·8   ·· 41%   0–68   ·· 14·4%  8·8–19·9
Borderline personality disorder 2·9 2·5–3·3   ·· 30%   0–59   ·· 12·4% 10·4–14·4
Anxiety 2·7 2·5–2·8   ··   ··   ·· 0·5 11·7%  7·8–15·8
Depression 2·7 2·4–3·0   ·· 65% 54–74   ·· 11·4%  9·8–12·9
Post-traumatic stress responses 2·6 2·2–2·9   ··   ··   ··   ·· 10·9%  9·9–12·7
Psychosis 2·4 2·0–2·9   ·· 45%   7–67 1·4   9·8%  7·4–12·4
Non-suicidal self-injury 2·3 2·1–2·7   ·· 51% 32–66 1·4   9·7%  8·2–11·4
Post-traumatic stress disorder 2·3 1·6–3·4 1·0–5·4   0%   0–0 1·0   9·6%  4·8–15·0
Eating disorders 2·2 1·8–2·8   ·· 64% 51–73   ··   9·0%  6·2–12·0
Anxiety symptomatology 2·0 1·9–2·0   ··   ··   ·· 1·5   7·3%  6·9–7·8
Depressive symptomatology 2·0 1·9–2·0   ··   -   - 1·5   7·3%  6·9–7·8
Pain (continuous) 2·0 1·3–3·0   ··   ··   ·· 0·9   7·8%  2·6–13·1
Sexual offending against children vs adults 2·0 1·4–2·9 0·5–7·1 70% 50–83 1·7   7·3%  3·0–12·4
Fibromyalgia 1·9 1·4–2·8 1·0–3·8 20%   0–61 1·7   7·2%  3·0–11·8
Adult sexual revictimisation 1·9 1·5–2·3   ·· 94% 92–95 1·4   6·9%  4·5–9·7
Somatoform disorders 1·9 0·8–4·5 0·3–14·1   4%   0–26 1·9   6·9%  1·8–18·8
Suicide attempts 1·9 1·7–2·1 1·7–2·2 84% 80–88 0·9   6·9%  5·3–8·3
Psychological symptoms 1·7 1·5–2·0 0·7–4·3 77% 45–91 1·1   5·7%  4·0–7·8
Substance misuse 1·7 1·2–2·4 1·1–2·6 42%   0–75 0·9   5·8%  2·1–10·0
Pain (categorical) 1·6 1·5–1·9   ··   ··   ·· 1·3   5·2%  3·8–6·7
Sex with multiple partners 1·6 1·2–2·1   ·· 92% 90–94 1·4   4·8%  2·1–8·2
Somatisation 1·6 1·3–1·9   ·· 40%   0–7   ··   4·5%  2·5–6·6
Sex work 1·5 1·2–2·0   ·· 76% 65–84 0·9   4·5%  2·1–7·3
HIV 1·5 1·2–2·0 0·9–2·8 50%   0–82 1·1   4·4%  1·9–7·2
Obesity 1·4 1·3–1·6   ·· 87% 82–91 1·1   3·6%  2·3–5·0
Schizophrenia 1·4 0·8–2·3 0·4–4·3   0%   0–0 0·9   3·0%  1·8–9·4
Unprotected sexual intercourse 1·2 1·1–1·4   ·· 51% 14–73 1·0   1·7%  0·7–3·3

Outcomes are ranked by descending effect size.