Population characteristics at baseline (1989) by cumulative early life abuse scale, Nurses' Health Study II
| Baseline characteristics in 1989 | Cumulative abuse scale | |||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Study population | 22327 (35) | 24011 (37) | 9813 (15) | 4916 (8) | 1891 (3) | 1285 (2) |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Age | 34.4 (4.8) | 35.0 (4.7) | 34.7 (4.6) | 34.6 (4.6) | 34.9 (4.6) | 35.1 (4.4) |
| BMI* at age 18 | 21.0 (3.0) | 21.1 (3.1) | 21.3 (3.1) | 21.2 (3.2) | 21.4 (3.5) | 21.7 (3.7) |
| Current BMI* | 23.3 (4.3) | 23.6 (4.5) | 24.0 (4.6) | 24.1 (4.9) | 24.3 (5.0) | 24.9 (5.4) |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Current smoker | 2172 (10) | 2845 (12) | 1339 (14) | 835 (17) | 330 (18) | 255 (20) |
| Alcohol use | ||||||
| None | 8311 (38) | 8521 (36) | 3506 (36) | 1829 (37) | 732 (39) | 528 (41) |
| 0.1–<5 g/day | 9580 (43) | 10280 (43) | 4086 (42) | 2023 (41) | 755 (40) | 507 (40) |
| 5–<15 g/day | 3717 (17) | 4281 (18) | 1818 (19) | 872 (18) | 327 (17) | 193 (15) |
| ≥15 g/day | 523 (2) | 760 (3) | 322 (3) | 156 (3) | 59 (3) | 43 (3) |
| Exercise ≥ once per week | 18731 (85) | 20203 (86) | 8240 (85) | 4080 (85) | 1579 (85) | 1073 (86) |
| Oral contraceptive use | 3109 (14) | 2985 (12) | 1187 (13) | 563 (12) | 208 (12) | 127 (11) |
| Family history of HTN† | 11554 (52) | 12473 (52) | 5151 (52) | 2559 (52) | 1001 (52) | 691 (53) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 20995 (96) | 22407 (95) | 9009 (93) | 4556 (94) | 1740 (93) | 1168 (92) |
| Black | 148 (1) | 260 (1) | 166 (2) | 59 (1) | 31 (2) | 17 (1) |
| Latina | 165 (1) | 308 (1) | 192 (2) | 76 (2) | 40 (2) | 31 (2) |
| Asian | 291 (1) | 356 (2) | 157 (2) | 69 (1) | 27 (2) | 26 (2) |
| Other | 371 (2) | 366 (2) | 170 (2) | 90 (2) | 27 (1) | 28 (2) |
| Parous | 15118 (68) | 16798 (70) | 7018 (71) | 3482 (71) | 1368 (71) | 928 (70) |