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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2019 Feb 14;56(4):530–539. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.11.018

Table 3.

Effects of ACEs and number of parenting practices on wellbeing and development of children

1. Low socio-emotional wellbeing
Model 1 Model 2 Model 2b Model 3
OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI
ACE score
(ref: 0) 1 1.52 (1.31-1.77) 1.33 (1.14-1.55) 1.30 (1.11-1.52)
2-3 1.60 (1.32-1.94) 1.33 (1.08-1.63) 1.29 (1.05-1.58)
4+ 1.82 (1.37-2.42) 1.60 (1.19-2.16) 1.59 (1.18-2.14)
Covariates
Age (year) 1.06 (1.02-1.10) 1.08 (1.04-1.13) 1.07 (1.03-1.12)
Sex (ref: female) Male 1.24 (1.09-1.41) 1.25 (1.10-1.42) 1.24 (1.09-1.41)
Race (ref: White, non Hispanic) Hispanic 1.19 (0.99-1.43) 1.08 (0.90-1.30) 1.08 (0.90-1.31)
Black, non Hispanic 2.00 (1.68-2.39) 1.88 (1.57-2.25) 1.84 (1.54-2.21)
Other, Multiracial 1.63 (1.34-1.98) 1.51 (1.24-1.84) 1.53 (1.25-1.86)
Parental education (ref: >high school) High school graduate 1.69 (1.44-1.99) 1.62 (1.38-1.91) 1.56 (1.32-1.84)
Less than high school 2.35 (1.87-2.96) 2.13 (1.68-2.70) 2.05 (1.62-2.60)
Number of parenting practices
(ref: 0-2) 3 0.73 (0.56-0.95) 0.73 (0.56-0.96)
4 0.68 (0.53-0.87) 0.68 (0.53-0.87)
5 0.49 (0.39-0.63) 0.50 (0.39-0.64)
6 0.45 (0.34-0.60) 0.46 (0.35-0.61)
2. General developmental risks
Model 1 Model 2 Model 2b Model 3
OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI
ACE score
(ref: 0) 1 1.71 (1.50-1.94) 1.53 (1.34-1.75) 1.50 (1.31-1.72)
2-3 2.30 (1.92-2.75) 1.91 (1.57-2.32) 1.86 (1.54-2.26)
4+ 4.07 (3.04-5.45) 3.43 (2.51-4.66) 3.42 (2.50-4.69)
Covariates
Age (year) 1.20 (1.16-1.24) 1.23 (1.19-1.28) 1.21 (1.17-1.25)
Sex (ref: female) Male 1.43 (1.27-1.60) 1.43 (1.28-1.60) 1.43 (1.28-1.60)
Race (ref: White, non Hispanic) Hispanic 1.41 (1.20-1.65) 1.30 (1.11-1.53) 1.30 (1.11-1.53)
Black, non Hispanic 1.34 (1.14-1.58) 1.31 (1.11-1.55) 1.25 (1.05-1.47)
Other, Multiracial 1.42 (1.19-1.69) 1.32 (1.11-1.58) 1.34 (1.12-1.60)
Parental education (ref: >high school) High school graduate 1.31 (1.13-1.52) 1.33 (1.15-1.54) 1.22 (1.06-1.42)
Less than high school 1.57 (1.26-1.95) 1.48 (1.19-1.85) 1.38 (1.11-1.73)
Number of parenting practices
(ref: 0-2) 3 0.84 (0.66-1.08) 0.85 (0.66-1.09)
4 0.68 (0.55-0.85) 0.68 (0.55-0.86)
5 0.54 (0.44-0.68) 0.56 (0.45-0.69)
6 0.53 (0.42-0.68) 0.55 (0.44-0.70)

Colored values were significant (p<0.05).