Do adverse childhood experiences increase the risk of postdeployment posttraumatic stress disorder in US Marines?

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Adjusted risk of posttraumatic stress disorder and mental health disorders among deployed male Marines by adverse childhood experiences

	PTSD^a		Mental Health Disorders not Specific to PTSD^b
Adverse Childhood Experiences	Prevalence per 100	HR (95% CI)	Prevalence per 100	HR (95% CI)
History of ACE^d in multiple categories
None	2.47	1.00	6.03	1.00
ACE in 1 category	2.86	1.21 (0.87, 1.69)	6.90	1.17 (0.94, 1.45)
ACE in 2 or more categories	3.81	1.57 (1.09, 2.26)	8.57	1.41 (1.10, 1.80)

Abbreviations: ACE = adverse childhood experiences; AFQT = Armed Forces Qualification Test; CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
^aModels the risk of having a PTSD diagnosis after returning from first deployment in support of the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and within 2 years of last deployment, after adjusting for AFQT score, number of deployments, mental health diagnosis prior to deployment, and marital status.
^bModels the risk of a mental health diagnosis after returning from first deployment in support of the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and within 2 years of last deployment, after adjusting for AFQT score, smoking status, race/ethnicity, and marital status.

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