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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2014 Mar 21;38(8):1389–1398. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.011

Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regression results1: Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of childhood abuse for three violence categories (with no violence as the base group).

Childhood abuse, other childhood adversities, and psychiatric disorders Interpersonal aggression only (N=4,689) Suicide attempt only (N=996) Suicide attempt with interpersonal aggression (N=688)
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Bivariate (unadjusted) ORs
 Physical abuse 1.59** (1.32-1.92) 1.96** (1.40-2.75) 3.01** (2.20-4.13)
 Emotional abuse 2.32** (1.99-2.71) 2.89** (2.22-3.78) 3.50** (2.61-4.71)
 Sexual abuse 1.45** (1.27-1.65) 4.75** (3.94-5.73) 5.48** (4.39-6.85)
Adjusted ORs1
 Physical abuse 1.43** (1.15-1.77) 1.59* (1.10-2.31) 2.72** (1.87-3.96)
 Emotional abuse 1.40** (1.18-1.65) 1.42* (1.08-1.88) 1.56** (1.14-2.14)
 Sexual abuse 1.27** (1.09-1.46) 2.45** (1.98-3.02) 2.80** (2.20-3.55)
 Other childhood adversities
  Physical neglect 1.28** (1.10-1.49) 1.08 (0.82-1.42) 0.82 (0.61-1.11)
  Emotional neglect 1.03 (0.96-1.16) 1.72** (1.39-2.12) 1.38** (1.11-1.72)
  Family violence 1.04 (0.83-1.30) 0.81 (0.57-1.14) 1.05 (0.76-1.45)
  Family dysfunction 1.16** (1.07-1.27) 1.48** (1.23-1.77) 1.65** (1.29-2.11)
 Psychiatric disorders
  Substance use disorders 3.13** (1.94-3.45) 1.78** (1.50-2.12) 4.54** (3.39-6.09)
  Personality disorders 2.15** (1.52-2.37) 2.25** (1.86-2.73) 3.90** (2.99-5.10)
  Mood disorder 1.71** (1.19-1.93) 3.04** (2.48-3.72) 4.85** (3.84-6.13)
  Anxiety disorder 1.31** (1.22-1.43) 1.75** (1.44-2.13) 1.98** (1.54-2.54)
  Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder 1.56** (1.22-1.99) 2.44** (1.79-3.32) 2.72** (1.93-3.45)
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01.

1

Adjusted for gender, age, race/ethnicity, and marital status.