ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2021
Sexual Assault and Carotid Plaque Among Midlife Women.
Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Sexual violence and cardiovascular disease risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Maturitas · 2021Pooled it
- Role of Depression and Anxiety in Peripheral Artery Disease: Correlates, Outcomes, and Considerations for Treatment.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2026Review
- Everyday discrimination and subclinical indicators of stroke in midlife women.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Addressing Psychosocial Care Needs in Women with Peripheral Artery Disease.Current cardiology reports · 2024Review
- Trauma and its implications for women's cardiovascular health during the menopause transition: Lessons from MsHeart/MsBrain and SWAN studies.Maturitas · 2024Review
- Racial and ethnic influences on carotid atherosclerosis: Epidemiology and risk factors.SAGE open medicine · 2024Review
- Interpersonal Trauma and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events Among Women.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Sexual Violence and Risk of Hypertension in Women in the Nurses' Health Study II: A 7-Year Prospective Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- The Interplay between Child Maltreatment and Stressful Life Events during Adulthood and Cardiovascular Problems-A Representative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Sexual Assault and Carotid Plaque Among Midlife Women.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background Sexual assault is a risk factor for poor mental health, yet its relationship to cardiovascular disease risk is not understood. We tested whether women with a sexual assault history had greater carotid atherosclerosis levels and progression over midlife. Methods and Results A total of 169 non-smoking, cardiovascular disease-free women aged 40 to 60 years were assessed twice over 5 years. At each point, women completed questionnaires, physical measures, phlebotomy, and carotid ultrasounds. Associations between sexual assault and carotid plaque level (score 0, 1, ≥2) and progression (score change) were assessed in multinomial logistic and linear regression models, adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education, body mass index, blood pressure, lipids, insulin resistance, and additionally depression/post-traumatic stress symptoms; 28% of the women reported a sexual assault history. Relative to non-exposed women, women with a sexual assault history had an over 4-fold odds of a plaque score of ≥2 at baseline (≥2, odds ratio [OR] [95% CI]=4.35 [1.48-12.79],
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