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Table 2 Odds ratios of the occurrence of long-term diseases in association with various types of childhood trauma in Czech and Slovak representative samples adjusted for gender and age

From: Associations of childhood trauma with long-term diseases and alcohol and nicotine use disorders in Czech and Slovak representative samples

Long-term disease

 

Czech sample (n = 1800)

Slovak sample (n = 1018)

Type of abuse or neglect

n(%)

OR (95%CI)

n(%)

OR (95%CI)

Hypertension

 

371

(20.6)

 

172

(16.9)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

1.8 (1.1–3.0)*

 

2.3 (1.1–4.8)*

Physical abuse

 

1.2 (0.7–2.0)

 

1.7 (0.9–3.5)

Sexual abuse

 

1.2 (0.6–2.2)

 

1.0 (0.4–2.7)

Emotional neglect

 

1.1 (0.7–1.6)

 

2.4 (1.3–4.4)**

Physical neglect

 

1.6 (1.2–2.3)**

 

1.5 (0.9–2.4)

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

1.6 (0.8–2.9)

 

2.7 (1.1–6.5)*

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

1.4 (0.8–2.4)

 

2.6 (1.2–5.4)**

Ischemic heart disease

 

70

(3.9)

 

31

(3.0)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

3.1 (1.4–6.8)**

 

4.9 (1.7–14.1)**

Physical abuse

 

2.4 (1.1–5.2)*

 

1.0 (0.3–3.9)

Sexual abuse

 

3.3 (1.4–7.9)**

 

1.7 (0.3–8.4)

Emotional neglect

 

1.8 (0.9–3.4)

 

2.0 (0.7–5.9)

Physical neglect

 

2.3 (1.3–4.1)**

 

1.3 (0.6–2.9)

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

2.9 (1.1–7.5)*

 

5.3 (1.5–18.7)*

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

3.9 (1.7–8.8)***

 

3.0 (1.0–9.1)*

Obesity

 

183

(10.2)

 

53

(5.2)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

3.4 (2.0–5.7)***

 

3.5 (1.5–8.2)**

Physical abuse

 

1.5 (0.8–2.7)

 

3.0 (1.3–6.7)**

Sexual abuse

 

1.5 (0.8–3.0)

 

4.2 (1.6–10.8)**

Emotional neglect

 

1.3 (0.8–2.0)

 

2.4 (1.1–5.4)*

Physical neglect

 

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

 

2.6 (1.4–4.9)*

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

2.4 (1.2–4.6)*

 

3.9 (1.4–10.9)*

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

1.6 (0.9–3.0)

 

4.4 (1.8–11.1)***

Diabetes mellitus

 

182

(10.1)

 

64

(6.3)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

2.8 (1.6–5.0)***

 

4.4 (1.8–10.5)***

Physical abuse

 

2.9 (1.6–5.0)***

 

1.2 (0.4–3.2)

Sexual abuse

 

2.2 (1.1–4.4)*

 

1.1 (0.3–4.4)

Emotional neglect

 

1.7 (1.1–2.7)*

 

4.6 (2.2–9.6)***

Physical neglect

 

2.0 (1.4–3.0)***

 

2.0 (1.1–3.7)*

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

2.8 (1.4–5.6)**

 

8.3 (3.0–22.2)***

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

2.9 (1.6–5.3)***

 

4.0 (1.6–9.9)**

Allergy

 

364

(20.2)

 

124

(12.2)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

2.4 (1.5–3.4)***

 

2.4 (1.2–4.6)**

Physical abuse

 

1.6 (1.0–2.6)*

 

2.3 (1.2–4.4)**

Sexual abuse

 

1.3 (0.8–2.3)

 

2.5 (1.2–5.2)*

Emotional neglect

 

1.2 (0.8–1.7)

 

2.5 (1.4–4.5)***

Physical neglect

 

1.2 (0.9–1.6)

 

2.5 (1.6–3.8)***

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

1.9 (1.1–3.2)*

 

2.6 (1.2–5.9)*

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

1.6 (1.0–2.5)

 

3.4 (1.7–6.9)***

Eczema

 

156

(8.7)

 

51

(5.0)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

1.9 (1.1–3.3)*

 

3.8 (1.7–8.5)**

Physical abuse

 

1.5 (0.8–2.8)

 

3.1 (1.4–7.0)**

Sexual abuse

 

1.3 (0.7–2.8)

 

2.4 (0.8–6.8)

Emotional neglect

 

1.1 (0.7–1.8)

 

1.6 (0.7–3.8)

Physical neglect

 

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

 

1.4 (0.8–2.7)

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

1.3 (0.6–2.7)

 

1.8 (0.5–6.8)

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

1.3 (0.7–2.5)

 

3.1 (1.3–7.8)**

  1. Note: ***p < 0.001, ** p < 0.005, *p < 0.05; Boldface values denote p < 0.005; The reference group is made up of respondents without long-term disease (“healthy”). Individual types of child maltreatment (“trauma”) are scored according to Walker’s clinical cut-off scoring [7]