Research Article
Prevalence and Predictors of Self-Reported Sexual Abuse in Severely Obese Patients in a Population-Based Bariatric Program
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| | Variable | History of sexual abuse
() mean or . (SD or %) | No history of sexual abuse
() mean or . (SD or %) | value |
| | Female sex (%) | 104 (95.4) | 337 (86.2) | 0.008 | | Mean age (years) | 42.2 (9.2) | 44.1 (9.7) | 0.08 | | Weight (kg) | 129.8 (23.4) | 132.5 (25.5) | 0.3 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 47.8 (8.1) | 47.9 (8.1) | 0.8 | | Health status on visual analog scale | 53.1 (21.2) | 58.0 (20.1) | 0.03 |
| | Marital status | | | 0.003 | | Married/common-law | 55 (50.5) | 234 (59.9) | | | Separated/divorced/widowed | 30 (27.5) | 54 (13.8) | | | Single/never married | 24 (22.0) | 103 (26.3) | |
| | Employment status | | | 0.06 | | Full-time | 60 (55.1) | 254 (65.0) | | | Part-time | 13 (11.9) | 51 (13.0) | | | Other1 | 36 (33.0) | 86 (22.0) | |
| | Annual household income | | | <0.0001 | | Less than $30 000 | 28 (25.7) | 40 (10.2) | | | $30 000–$79 999 | 55 (50.5) | 170 (43.5) | | | $80 000 or greater | 23 (21.1) | 164 (41.9) | | | Not answered | 3 (2.8) | 17 (4.4) | |
| | Ethnicity | | | 0.1 | | Caucasian | 96 (88.1) | 362 (92.6) | | | Study arm | | | 0.07 | | Medical | 50 (45.9) | 150 (38.4) | | | Surgical | 23 (21.1) | 127 (32.5) | | | Wait list | 36 (33.0) | 114 (29.2) | |
| | Smoking status | | | 0.4 | | Current smoker | 12 (11.0) | 37 (9.5) | | | Former smoker | 52 (47.7) | 164 (41.9) | | | Never smoked | 45 (41.3) | 190 (48.6) | |
| | Hypertension | 70 (64.2) | 258 (66.0) | 0.7 | | Dyslipidemia | 36 (33.0) | 130 (33.3) | 0.9 | | Diabetes mellitus | 41 (37.6) | 141 (36.1) | 0.7 | | Coronary artery disease | 2 (1.8) | 20 (5.1) | 0.1 | | Sleep apnea | 41 (37.6) | 126 (32.2) | 0.2 | | Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease | 10 (9.2) | 28 (7.2) | 0.4 | | Gastroesophageal reflux disease | 45 (41.3) | 132 (33.7) | 0.1 | | Asthma | 40 (36.7) | 86 (22.0) | 0.002 | | Osteoarthritis | 38 (34.9) | 115 (29.4) | 0.2 | | Polycystic ovary syndrome | 21 (19.3) | 42 (10.7) | 0.02 |
| | Fibromyalgia | 13 (11.9) | 38 (9.7) | 0.5 | | Depression | 91 (83.5) | 228 (58.3) | <0.0001 | | Bipolar and psychotic illness | 16 (14.7) | 13 (3.3) | <0.0001 | | Posttraumatic stress disorder | 35 (32.1) | 22 (5.6) | <0.0001 | | Binge eating disorder | 44 (40.4) | 104 (26.6) | 0.005 | | Obsessive compulsive disorder | 15 (13.8) | 34 (8.7) | 0.1 | | Addiction to drugs | 10 (9.2) | 9 (2.3) | 0.003 | | Addiction to alcohol | 13 (11.9) | 3 (0.8) | <0.0001 | | Borderline personality disorder | 14 (12.8) | 5 (1.3) | <0.0001 |
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