Fig. 1

Relationship between adverse childhood experience count and components of poor adult mental well-being (adjusted odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals). Variables represent the individual component questions in the SWEMWBS scale. Adjusted odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression analysis. Additional independent variables included in the logistic regression were age, gender, deprivation and ethnicity. All relationships are significant with poor mental well-being components positively related to increasing ACE count (p < 0.001, except ‘ability to make up own mind where p < 0.05). Ref = reference category