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Table 4 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)

Pain of unclear origin

 

99

(5.5)

 

66

(6.5)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

4.2 (2.3–7.7)***

 

6.0 (2.8–13.0)***

Physical abuse

 

2.3 (1.2–4.4)*

 

2.1 (0.9–4.8)

Sexual abuse

 

1.5 (0.6–3.5)

 

1.6 (0.5–5.1

Emotional neglect

 

2.2 (1.3–3.7)**

 

5.0 (2.6–9.9)***

Physical neglect

 

2.1 (1.3–3.3)**

 

2.3 (1.3–4.1)**

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

4.1 (2.0–8.5)***

 

6.9 (2.6–18.0)***

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

3.8 (2.0–7.4)*

 

6.3 (2.7–14.6)***

Pelvic pain

 

68

(3.8)

 

41

(7.9)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

4.4 (2.4–8.4)***

 

4.5 (1.7–12.0)**

Physical abuse

 

2.2 (1.0–4.6)*

 

4.3 (1.5–11.9)**

Sexual abuse

 

2.0 (0.8–4.7)

 

1.6 (0.4–6.3)

Emotional neglect

 

1.9 (1.0–3.5)*

 

4.7 (1.9–11.6)***

Physical neglect

 

2.0 (1.2–3.4)*

 

2.5 (1.3–4.8)**

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

3.8 (1.7–8.5)***

 

5.7 (1.7–19.1)**

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

3.4 (1.8–7.5)***

 

6.5 (2.3–19.0)***

Depression and anxiety

 

125

(6.9)

 

38

(3.7)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

3.8 (2.2–6.5)***

 

13.8 (5.7–33.2)***

Physical abuse

 

0.9 (0.4–1.9)

 

3.8 (1.5–9.7)**

Sexual abuse

 

1.6 (0.7–3.4)

 

4.0 (1.3–12.8)*

Emotional neglect

 

2.2 (1.4–3.6)***

 

7.8 (3.5–17.4)***

Physical neglect

 

2.4 (1.6–3.7)***

 

3.8 (1.8–7.9)***

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

3.1 (1.5–6.4)**

 

21.2 (7.6–59.3)***

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

2.7 (1.4–5.1)**

 

13.3 (5.0–35.5)***

More than 3 long-term diseases

 

487

(27.1)

 

192

(18.9)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

3.9 (2.5–6.0)***

 

5.5 (3.0–10.8)***

Physical abuse

 

2.2 (1.4–3.4)***

 

2.7 (1.4–5.2)**

Sexual abuse

 

1.8 (1.1–3.2)*

 

2.7 (1.2–5.9)*

Emotional neglect

 

1.7 (1.2–2.4)**

 

3.9 (2.2–6.7)***

Physical neglect

 

1.9 (1.4–2.5)***

 

2.6 (1.7–4.0)***

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

2.9 (1.7–5.0)***

 

6.9 (3.2–14.9)***

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

2.8 (1.8–4.3)***

 

6.1 (3.1–12.0)***

Nicotine use disorder

 

295

(16.4)

 

126

(12.4)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

1.8 (1.8–2.5)***

 

2.4 (1.4–4.2)**

Physical abuse

 

1.6 (1.1–2.4)*

 

1.9 (1.0–3.5)*

Sexual abuse

 

1.6 (1.0–2.6)*

 

2.0 (1.0–4.1)*

Emotional neglect

 

1.2 (0.9–1.7)

 

1.1 (0.7–2.0)

Physical neglect

 

1.5 (1.2–2.0)**

 

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

1.8 (1.2–2.8)*

 

2.0 (1.0–4.2)

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

2.0 (1.4–3.0)***

 

2.1 (1.1–3.9)*

Alcohol use disorder

 

184

(10.2)

 

69

(6.8)

 
 

Emotional abuse

 

3.0 (0.8–5.9)*

 

6.2 (3.2–11.9)***

Physical abuse

 

1.9 (1.2–2.8)**

 

4.3 (2.2–8.5)***

Sexual abuse

 

1.4 (0.9–2.2)

 

5.0 (2.3–11.0)***

Emotional neglect

 

1.0 (0.6–1.9)

 

1.4 (0.7–2.6)

Physical neglect

 

1.3 (0.9–2.0)

 

1.7 (1.0–3.0)*

Emotional abuse + neglect

 

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

 

4.5 (3.0–6.8)***

 ≥ 3 types of trauma

 

1.5 (0.9–2.4)

 

5.0 (2.5–10.1)***

  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]