• Cari Jo Clark, Alvaro Alonso, Susan A Everson-Rose, Rachael A Spencer, Sonya S Brady, Michael D Resnick, Iris W Borowsky, John E Connett, Robert F Krueger, Viann N Nguyen-Feng, Steven L Feng, and Shakira F Suglia.
• Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware Street, SE, Ste 166, Minneapolis, MN 55414, United States. Electronic address: cjclark@umn.edu.
• Prev Med. 2016 Jun 1; 87: 132137132-137.

BackgroundChildhood maltreatment has been linked to adulthood cardiovascular disease (CVD). Little is known about the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) in late adolescence and young adulthood and CVD risk later in adulthood.PurposeTo examine whether IPV perpetration and victimization experienced in late adolescence and young adulthood are associated with CVD risk among adults in the United States and whether this relationship differs by sex.MethodsData include 9976 participants (50% female) in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Physical and sexual IPV were measured at wave 3 (2001/02) with items from the revised Conflict Tactics Scales. Participants'30-year risk of CVD was calculated at wave 4 (2008/09) using a Framingham prediction model. Linear regression models adjusted for confounders and IPV by sex interaction terms were tested to examine the relationship.ResultsThe mean CVD risk score was 13.18% (95% CI: 12.71, 13.64). Aone-standard deviation increase in the victimization score was associated with a 0.28% (95% CI: 0.03, 0.54) increase in CVD risk. Perpetration was similarly positively associated with CVD risk (beta: 0.33, 95% CI: 0.03, 0.62). When measured as a composite, all violence types were associated with increased CVD risk but only prior exposure to both victimization and perpetration reached statistical significance (0.62%, 95% CI: 0.01, 1.22). No differences by sex were detected.ConclusionsEffect sizes are not large, but early detection of increased CVD risk in this relatively young population is notable and worthy of further study to inform the clinical response.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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