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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2016 Oct 24;208:577–581. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.10.024

Table 3. Individual effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on depressive symptoms by race and gender.

ACE Men Women EA AA

Beta (SE) Pmen Beta (SE) Pwomen PInteraction Beta (SE) PEA Beta (SE) PAA PInteraction
Abuse
 Emotional 6.7(1. 6) <0.0 01 8.3(1.4) <0.0 01 0.37 9.8(1. 5) <0.0 01 6.3(1.4) <0.0 01 0.09
 Physical 5.6(1. 4) <0.0 01 6.1(1.4) <0.0 01 0.73 7.6(1. 4) <0.0 01 4.7(1.3) <0.0 01 0.13
 Sexual 4.8(1. 5) 0.001 7.8(1. 3) <0.001 0.15 7.8(1. 3) 0.001 5.3(1. 4) 0.002 0.15
Neglect
 Emotional 2.5(1. 7) 0.15 8.0(1.6) <0.0 01 0.02 5.5(1. 7) <0.0 01 5.2(1.7) <0.0 01 0.87
 Physical 9.4(1. 5) <0.0 01 9.3(2.7) 0.00 1 0.93 9.2(2. 3) <0.0 01 9.1(1.6) <0.0 01 0.77
Household Dysfunction
 Substance abuse 5.0(1. 2) <0.0 01 4.7(1.1) <0.0 01 0.86 5.7(1. 1) <0.0 01 4.0(1.2) 0.00 1 0.24
 Mental illness 4.7(1. 2) <0.0 01 3.9(1.2) 0.00 1 0.75 4.3(1. 0) <0.0 01 4.6(1.4) 0.00 1 0.90
 Domestic violence 6.5(1. 4) <0.0 01 4.7(1.2) <0.0 01 0.42 3.4(1. 4) 0.01 7.0(1.2) <0.0 01 0.15
 Criminal household member 5.2(1. 5) 0.00 1 1.1(1.4) 0.45 0.03 5.2(1. 7) 0.00 3 2.3(1.3) 0.09 0.10
 Parental marital discord 1.0(1. 2) 0.39 1.1(1.1) 0.33 0.88 0.01(1.2) 0.99 1.6(1.1) 0.14 0.41

SE: standard error; EA: European American; AA: African American

Each model includes only one ACE subscale as predictor and controls for age, gender, race, BMI and childhood SES.