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Table 3 The association between ACEs and depression

From: Adverse childhood experiences and their relationship to gender and depression among young adults in Iraq: a cross-sectional study

ACEs

Depression category

Non-depressed

Depressed

P*

OR

95% CI

n (%)

n (%)

Emotional Abuse

 no**

254 (95.5)

120 (90.2)

0.041

2.293

1.01-5.17

 yes

12 (4.5)

13 (9.8)

   

Emotional Neglect

 no

228 (86.4)

91 (69.5)

0.001

2.784

1.66-4.64

 yes

36 (13.6)

40 (30.5)

   

Physical Abuse

 no

229 (85.4)

103 (77.4)

0.046

1.71

1.00-2.90

 yes

39 (14.5)

30 (22.6)

   

Physical Neglect

 no

222 (84.4)

94 (71.8)

0.003

2.131

1.28-3.53

 yes

41 (15.6)

37 (28.2)

   

Sexual Abuse

 no

251 (94.4)

118 (88.7)

0.044

2.127

1.00-4.49

 yes

15 (5.6)

15 (11.3)

   

Exposure to domestic violence

 no

224 (84.2)

109 (82)

0.568

1.147

0.67-2.03

 yes

42 (15.8)

24 (18)

   

Substance Abuse household

 no

262 (97.8)

126 (94.7)

0.107

2.426

0.79-7.36

 yes

6 (2.2)

7 (5.3)

   

Mental illness in household

 no

253 (94.4)

115 (86.5)

0.006

2.64

1.28-5.42

 yes

15 (5.6)

18 (13.5)

   

ACEs score

 0

142(46.6)

50 (38.8)

<0.001

  

 1

48(19.1)

21 (16.3)

   

 2

36(14.3)

30(23.3)

   

 3

8(3.2)

15 (11.6)

   

 4+

17(6.8)

13 (10.1)

   
  1. *P for chi square
  2. ** (no) is the reference category