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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Childhood adversity and women’s cardiometabolic health in adulthood: associations with health behaviors, psychological distress, mood symptoms, and personality

 

Total adversity exposure

Interpersonal victimization

No adversity (n = 69)

1 type of adverse event (n = 29)

≥ 2 types of adverse events (n = 17)

p value

No interpersonal victimization (n = 93)

Interpersonal victimization (n = 22)

p value

Age (mean (SD))

36.5 (4.4)

35.0 (3.6)

34.7 (4.6)

0.168

36.1 (4.4)

35.0 (3.7)

0.316

Race (Caucasian, n (%))

63 (91)

29 (100)

17 (100)

0.121

87 (94)

22 (100)

0.221

Education level (n (%))

   

0.147

  

0.256

 - Primary school

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (5.9)

 

0 (0)

1 (4.5)

 

 - Secondary education

17 (24.6)

4 (13.8)

4 (23.5)

 

20 (21.5)

5 (22.7)

 

 - Intermediate vocational education

32 (46.4)

19 (65.5)

6 (35.3)

 

46 (50)

11 (50)

 

 - Advanced vocational education or university

16 (23.2)

6 (20.7)

5 (29.4)

 

22 (23.7)

5 (22.7)