Table 5.
Adjusted ORs for the relationship between childhood adversity and depression & substance abuse in men*#**
| Depression | Alcohol abuse | Drug abuse | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR (95%CI) | p value | AOR (95%CI) | p value | AOR (95%CI) | p value | ||
| Physical hardship : none |
1.00 | ||||||
| some | 1.16 (0.84, 1.61) | 0.35 | |||||
| often | 1.48 (1.02, 2.15) | 0.04 | |||||
| Sexual abuse: none | 1.00 | ||||||
| some | 1.19 (0.81, 1.75) | 0.38 | |||||
| often | 3.68 (2.00, 6.77) | <0.0001 | |||||
| Emotional neglect: none |
1.00 | 1.00 | |||||
| some | 2.34 (1.39, 3.94) | 0.001 | 1.48 (1.11, 1.97) | 0.007 | |||
| often | 3.41 (1.87, 6.20) | <0.0001 | 1.98 (1.37, 2.88) | <0.0001 | |||
| Emotional abuse: none | 1.00 | ||||||
| some | 1.53 (1.12, 2.09) | 0.007 | |||||
| often | 1.48 (1.02, 2.15) | 0.04 | |||||
all models were adjusted for age, education, socio-economic status and parental loss.
models for suicidality and incident HIV and HSV2 are not shown due to lack of association with any adversity dimensions, individually or the composite scale
Physical punishment was not associated with any of the outcomes in men