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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: CNS Spectr. 2015 Apr;20(2):130–139. doi: 10.1017/S1092852914000182

Table 2.

Life events and risk markers of individuals with and without anger

Anger
(n=2,738)
No Anger
(n=31,704)a
% 95% CI % 95% CI OR 95%CI
Childhood Adverse Events
Physical neglect/abuse 27.41 25.48 29.42 9.10 8.66 9.56 3.77 3.37 4.23
Verbal abuse/emotional neglect 44.91 42.50 47.34 20.37 19.74 21.02 3.19 2.87 3.53
Sexual abuse 25.41 23.37 27.57 8.96 8.48 9.47 3.46 3.07 3.90
Parental factors
Parent with lifetime mood disorder 37.65 35.08 40.29 21.31 20.38 22.26 2.23 2.01 2.48
Parent with lifetime alcohol/drug problem 37.24 34.71 39.84 21.57 20.76 22.41 2.16 1.95 2.39
Parent with lifetime behavioral problem 20.52 18.55 22.65 7.23 6.73 7.76 3.31 2.87 3.83
Adulthood adverse events (after age 18)
Ever sexually assaulted/molested/raped 9.58 8.10 11.30 2.57 2.35 2.81 4.02 3.27 4.93
Ever physically attacked/badly beaten up by somebody else 13.40 12.04 14.88 3.92 3.64 4.22 3.79 3.28 4.38
Ever physically attacked/badly beaten up by spouse/romantic
partner
17.07 15.28 19.02 4.85 4.52 5.19 4.04 3.49 4.68
Ever married/lived with an alcoholic or problem drinker 28.98 26.80 31.27 14.53 13.91 15.17 2.40 2.15 2.69
a

Reference group.

OR=odds ratio, CI= confidence interval.