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Table 3 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)

Asthma

 

166

(9.2)

 

45

(4.4)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

3.4 (2.0–5.6)***

 

6.6 (2.9–15.3)***

Physical abuse

 

1.9 (1.1–3.3)*

 

5.8 (2.6–13.0)***

Sexual abuse

 

1.9 (1.0–3.6)*

 

2.3 (0.7–7.7)

Emotional neglect

 

1.6 (1.0–2.5)*

 

4.8 (2.3–10.4)***

Physical neglect

 

1.5 (1.0–2.3)*

 

3.3 (1.7–6.4)***

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

3.0 (1.6–5.6)***

 

7.5 (2.7–21.1)***

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

2.4 (1.4–4.2)**

 

9.5 (3.8–23.9)***

Gastroduodenal ulcer

 

56

(3.1)

41

(4.0)

 

Emotional abuse

 

3.3 (1.5–7.1)**

 

3.4 (1.3–8.6)**

Physical abuse

 

2.4 (1.1–5.3)*

 

1.9 (0.7–5.1)

Sexual abuse

 

1.3 (0.4–4.0)

 

1.8 (0.5–6.7)

Emotional neglect

 

1.3 (0.6–2.6)

 

4.1 (1.9–9.0)***

Physical neglect

 

1.6 (0.9–2.9)

 

1.9 (1.0–3.8)

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

2.1 (0.7–5.9)

 

5.4 (1.9–15.5)**

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

2.3 (1.0–5.5)*

 

4.0 (1.5–10.8)**

Thyroid gland disease

 

152

(8.4)

 

35

(3.4)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

2.1 (1.2–3.7)*

 

3.0 (1.0–8.7)*

Physical abuse

 

1.2 (0.7–2.4)

 

0.9 (0.2–4.1)

Sexual abuse

 

2.1 (1.1–4.0)*

 

0.7 (0.1–5.4)

Emotional neglect

 

0.9 (0.6–1.6)

 

2.3 (0.9–6.1)

Physical neglect

 

1.1 (0.7–1.7)

 

1.6 (0.7–3.4)

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

1.8 (0.9–3.6)

 

2.9 (0.8–11.3)

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

1.3 (0.7–2.5)

 

2.6 (0.8–8.5)

Migraine

 

223

(12.4)

 

81

(8.0)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

2.8 (1.7–4.5)***

 

3.9 (1.9–7.9)***

Physical abuse

 

1.8 (1.1–3.0)*

 

2.2 (1.0–4.8)*

Sexual abuse

 

1.6 (0.9–3.0)

 

3.5 (1.5–8.1)**

Emotional neglect

 

1.7 (1.2–2.6)**

 

3.2 (1.7–6.2)***

Physical neglect

 

1.4 (0.1–2.0)*

 

2.3 (1.4–3.9)***

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

2.4 (1.3–4.5)**

 

4.6 (2.0–10.8)***

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

2.3 (1.3–3.8)**

 

4.1 (1.9–9.1)***

Back pain

 

631

(35.1)

 

320

(31.4)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

2.5 (1.7–3.8)***

 

3.0 (1.7–5.2)***

Physical abuse

 

1.6 (1.0–2.4)*

 

1.4 (0.8–2.6)

Sexual abuse

 

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

 

1.7 (0.8–3.5)

Emotional neglect

 

1.3 (0.9–1.8)

 

2.4 (1.5–3.9)***

Physical neglect

 

1.2 (0.9–1.7)

 

1.9 (1.4–2.8)***

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

1.9 (1.2–3.3)*

 

3.1 (1.5–6.2)***

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

1.6 (1.0–2.45)*

 

2.7 (1.4–5.0)**

Arthritis

 

122

(6.8)

 

42

(4.1)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

2.2 (1.1–4.3)*

 

4.2 (1.5–11.2)**

Physical abuse

 

1.9 (1.0–3.8)*

 

1.2 (1.1–1.2)

Sexual abuse

 

1.7 (0.7–3.8)

 

4.6 (1.5–13.9)**

Emotional neglect

 

1.9 (1.1–3.1)*

 

5.3 (2.4–11.9)***

Physical neglect

 

1.8 (1.1–2.8)*

 

4.1 (2.0–8.5)***

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

1.9 (1.0–3.3)*

 

7.1 (2.3–22.1)***

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

2.7 (1.4–5.2)**

 

8.0 (2.9–21.7)***

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