Table 1.

Adverse childhood experiences, trusted adult support in childhood and demographic relationships with health-harming behaviours and mental well-being in adulthood

Category				Outcome (%)
		n	%	Daily smoking	≤1 Portion fruit and veg/day	Weekly heavy drinking	≥2 Health-harming behaviours	Lower mental well-being
All		7047	-	19.1	12.6	7.7	8.5	15.5
ACE count	0	3964	56.3	14.1	10.5	5.7	5.6	11.5
	1	1271	18.0	18.3	13.5	8.3	8.5	14.2
	2–3	1086	15.4	22.3	13.0	9.4	9.8	18.1
	4+	726	10.3	43.4	22.3	15.6	22.9	35.4
	X 2			348.569	78.990	91.334	237.714	275.819
	P			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
AAA support in childhood	Yes	3273	46.4	16.0	9.8	7.1	6.2	9.0
	No	3774	53.6	21.9	15.1	8.3	10.5	21.1
	X 2			39.187	45.067	3.914	41.286	196.572
	P			<0.001	<0.001	0.048	<0.001	<0.001
UK region	Luton	1334	18.9	18.1	10.9	4.0	6.7	14.5
	Wales	1819	25.8	22.3	20.2	12.7	14.7	19.4
	Hertfordshire	2421	34.4	17.7	10.0	7.1	6.9	13.8
	Northamptonshire	1473	20.9	18.5	9.2	5.9	5.3	14.4
	X 2			16.035	128.410	96.317	122.030	28.739
	P			0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Deprivation quintile	Affluent 1	1884	26.7	14.0	9.4	8.0	5.7	11.4
	2	1409	20.0	17.8	11.5	6.3	7.0	14.8
	3	1444	20.5	19.5	14.2	7.7	10.0	16.5
	4	1403	19.9	19.5	14.3	8.1	9.1	17.2
	Deprived 5	907	12.9	30.8	16.1	8.9	13.8	20.8
	X 2			112.981	35.957	6.230	60.510	49.141
	P			<0.001	<0.001	0.183	<0.001	<0.001
Age	18–29	1630	23.1	26.0	19.6	12.2	15.8	16.3
category	30–39	1423	20.2	19.7	9.1	6.6	6.8	15.7
(years)	40–49	1401	19.9	17.6	11.9	7.5	6.9	14.8
	50–59	1215	17.2	21.2	11.6	8.1	7.9	15.9
	60–69	1378	19.6	10.1	9.6	3.6	3.8	14.5
	X 2			128.350	101.589	82.286	160.650	2.394
	P			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.664
Sex	Female	3815	54.1	15.5	9.0	4.0	5.1	15.2
	Male	3232	45.9	23.4	16.9	12.1	12.6	15.8
	X 2			71.136	98.374	159.336	128.351	0.639
	P			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.424
Ethnicity	White	5976	84.8	20.9	13.0	8.9	9.4	16.0
	Other ethnicities	1071	15.2	9.4	10.8	1.5	3.9	12.5
	X 2			76.788	3.702	68.912	34.359	8.44
	P			<0.001	0.054	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

ACE Adverse Childhood Experiences. AAA Always Available Adult support from someone trusted in childhood