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. 2020 May 15;9(10):e015855. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015855

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Those Exposed and Unexposed to Childhood Maltreatment

Baseline Characteristics (SD, IQR, or Percentage)
Exposed Group Unexposed Group
Number of patients 80 657 161 314
Median follow‐up period (person y) 2.3 (IQR 0.9–5.1) 2.2 (IQR 0.7–4.9)
Age at cohort entry (y) 23.3 (SD 7.3) 23.4 (SD 7.2)
Age when maltreatment occurred (y) 9.6 (SD 5.2)
Sex; Male (%) 33 614 (41.7%) 67 228 (41.7%)
Body mass index
<25 kg/m2 24 091 (29.9%) 56 694 (35.2%)
25–30 kg/m2 7642 (9.5%) 18 659 (11.6%)
>30 kg/m2 6322 (7.8%) 11 132 (6.9%)
Not available 42 602 (52.9%) 74 829 (46.4%)
Smoking status
Current smoker 30 462 (37.8%) 31 517 (19.5%)
Noncurrent/not available 50 195 (62.2%) 129 797 (80.5%)
Townsend index
(Least deprived) 1 6296 (7.8%) 27 027 (16.8%)
2 7295 (9.8%) 25 086 (15.6%)
3 13 469 (16.7%) 29 771 (18.5%)
4 19 116 (23.7%) 29 857 (18.5%)
5 19 860 (24.6%) 22 849 (14.2%)
Not available 13 991 (17.4%) 26 725 (16.6%)
Charlson comorbidity index
(Least comorbid) 0 59 352 (73.6%) 130 956 (81.2%)
1 19 975 (24.8%) 28 735 (17.8%)
2 888 (1.1%) 1178 (0.7%)
3 276 (0.3%) 289 (0.2%)
4 and above 166 (0.2%) 156 (0.1%)
Lipid‐lowering drug use 309 (0.4%) 777 (0.5%)
Pre‐existing cardiometabolic disease
All cardiovascular disease 395 (0.5%) 345 (0.2%)
Ischemic heart disease 115 (0.1%) 115 (0.1%)
Heart failure 43 (0.1%) 50 (0.0%)
Stroke/transient ischemic attack 214 (0.3%) 160 (0.1%)
Peripheral vascular disease 56 (0.1%) 51 (0.0%)
Hypertension 633 (0.8%) 1111 (0.7%)
Diabetes mellitus 556 (0.7%) 631 (0.4%)

IQR indicates interquartile range.