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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Sep 3;23(1):110–114. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.08.014

Table 2.

Association between type and frequency of ACEs and Geriatric Depression

Total (N) % Depressed (95% C.I.) Crude Odds Ratio (95% C.I.) Adjusted Odds Ratio* (95% C.I.) Full Model**
Parents beat each other Never 7202 4.7% (3.9-5.7)
Once 319 9.3% (4.2-19.1) 2.05 (0.86-4.87) 1.95 (0.9-4.21) 1.47 (0.6-3.57)
More than once 724 12.5% (8.7-17.7) 2.89 (1.83-4.54) 2.69 (1.7-4.8) 1.32 (0.65-2.69)
Parents physically hurt you Never 7209 4.3% (3.5-5.3) - -
Once 307 7.7% (3.5-16) 1.85 (0.78-4.37) 1.98 (0.83-4.73) 1.58 (0.58-4.27)
More than once 790 17.1% (12.8-22.6) 4.59 (3.06-6.87) 4.55 (3.05-6.77) 2.94 (1.68-5.13)
Parents swore at you Never 6182 4.4% (3.5-5.5) - -
Once 446 5.5% (2.2-12.8) 1.26 (0.48-3.31) 1.26 (0.51-3.08) 1.11 (0.45-2.73)
More than once 1646 10.2% (8-13.1) 2.49 (1.74-3.58) 2.41 (1.68-3.45) 1.11 (0.69-1.76)
Someone touched you sexually Never 7575 4.9% (4-5.8) - -
Once 287 9.4% (5-17.1) 2.04 (1-4.17) 1.63 (0.77-3.44) 1.17 (0.54-2.5)
More than once 418 18.2% (11.8-27) 4.36 (2.53-7.52) 3.93 (2.27-6.8) 0.9 (0.38-2.1)
Someone made you touch them sexually Never 7869 5% (4.2-6) - -
Once 166 9.5% (3.5-23.4) 1.97 (0.65-5.84) 1.86 (0.61-5.69) 1.33 (0.44-3.97)
More than once 256 23% (14.1-35.4) 5.63 (2.99-10.6) 5.18 (2.91-9.22) 1.87 (0.5-7.02)
Forced to have sex Never 8067 5.1% (4.3-6.1) - -
Once 84 13.7% (5.7-29.5) 2.96 (1.11-7.89) 2.92 (1.06-8.02) 1.68 (0.49-5.8)
More than once 150 35.2% (22.4-50.6) 10.12 (5.22-19.62) 9.78 (4.58-20.9) 3.66 (1.01-13.2)
*

Adjusted for age, gender, and race using logistic regression.

**

Adjusted for age, gender, race, and other ACEs using logistic regression.