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Table 2 Odds ratio for adverse childhood events by diabetes status and mean number of ACE for men and women with diabetes

From: Adverse childhood events and risk of diabetes onset in the 1979 National longitudinal survey of youth cohort

 

Female (n = 3,726)

Male (n = 3,332)

%

n

OR

95% CI

%

n

OR

95% CI

Childhood Poverty

 No

9.2%

(279)

  

10.1%

(253)

  

 Yes

13.6%

(136)

1.54*

(1.18, 2.01)

10.6%

(89)

1.05

(0.76, 1.47)

Parental Death

 No

8.9%

(373)

  

10.3%

(331)

  

 Yes

17.6%

(56)

2.18*

(1.50, 3.18)

9.0%

(35)

0.86

(0.53, 1.40)

Non-Traditional Living Situation

 No

9.3%

(238)

  

9.9%

(222)

  

 Yes

10.4%

(180)

1.13

(0.87, 1.46)

11.0%

(131)

1.12

(0.84, 1.49)

Lived w/Mentally Ill Person

 No

9.4%

(381)

  

10.0%

(345)

  

 Yes

11.5%

(49)

1.24

(0.84, 1.83)

15.1%

(21)

1.6

(0.92, 2.80)

Lived w/Problem Drinker

 No

9.4%

(331)

  

10.0%

(310)

  

 Yes

10.4%

(99)

1.11

(0.83, 1.50)

11.3%

(57)

1.15

(0.80, 1.65)

Physical Abuse

 No

9.3%

(339)

  

9.8%

(311)

  

 Yes

11.5%

(89)

1.27

(0.93, 1.73)

13.2%

(56)

1.41

(0.96, 2.07)

Sum of Adverse Childhood Events

 0 ACE

7.9%

(116)

  

9.8%

(148)

  

 1 ACE

9.9%

(135)

1.28

(0.93, 1.76)

9.7%

(104)

0.99

(0.72, 1.38)

 2 ACE

11.4%

(104)

1.50*

(1.06, 2.12)

10.8%

(73)

1.12

(0.77, 1.64)

 3 ACE

10.3%

(43)

1.34

(0.85, 2.12)

11.3%

(29)

1.18

(0.67, 2.06)

 4+ ACE

16.1%

(33)

2.23*

(1.32, 3.75)

21.3%

(13)

2.51*

(1.12, 5.63)

Mean Adverse Childhood Events by Diabetes Prevalence

 

Diabetes-Female

Diabetes-Male

 

Yes

No

P-value

Yes

No

P-value

Mean ACE Score

1.28

1.05

<.0001

0.93

0.82

0.062

  1. Notes: p-value * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < .001