Table 2.
Gender-stratified associations between the total childhood adversity and psychopathology
| Outcome | Men | Women | Gender difference in B | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | P value | % Variance explained by total CA | B | SE | P value | % Variance explained by total CA | χ2, df(1) | P value | |
| Total SCL-90 | 0.013 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 15.4 | 0.011 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | 12.9 | 0.23 | 0.630 |
| Phobic anxiety | 0.016 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 15.7 | 0.010 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 5.3 | 2.24 | 0.134 |
| Anxiety | 0.014 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 10.4 | 0.013 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | 8.3 | 0.19 | 0.664 |
| Depression | 0.016 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 12.7 | 0.012 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | 8.5 | 0.92 | 0.339 |
| Interpersonal sensitivity | 0.014 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 10.2 | 0.012 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | 7.2 | 0.41 | 0.522 |
| Somatization | 0.012 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 7.7 | 0.012 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | 8.6 | 0.001 | 0.982 |
| Obsessive–compulsive | 0.011 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 5.8 | 0.012 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | 7.8 | 0.05 | 0.823 |
| Paranoid ideation | 0.016 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 10.1 | 0.017 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | 11.7 | 0.04 | 0.841 |
| Hostility | 0.015 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 10.8 | 0.011 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | 8.2 | 0.83 | 0.362 |
| Psychoticism | 0.017 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | 15.7 | 0.014 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | 13.7 | 0.37 | 0.541 |
Age was added as a covariate in all models. Statistical significance (Bonferroni-corrected P < 0.006) is presented in bold. SCL-90 Symptom Checklist-90 Revised, CA childhood adversity, B unstandardized regression coefficient, SE clustered standard error