Table 2.
Associations between types of child maltreatment and any lifetime eating disorder in men and women
| Men | Women | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Maltreatment type |
Lifetime prevalence (no eating disorder) % (n) |
Lifetme prevalence (eating disorder) % (n) |
AOR‐1 | AOR‐2 | AOR‐3 |
Lifetime prevalence (no eating disorder) % (n) |
Lifetme prevalence (eating disorder) % (n) |
AOR‐1 | AOR‐2 | AOR‐3 |
| Harsh physical punishment | 18.4 (2953) |
30.6 (45) |
1.56* (1.08, 2.27) |
1.28 (0.87, 1.87) |
0.87 (0.58, 1.31) |
17.3 (3515) |
31.2 (163) |
1.83*** (1.45, 2.31) |
1.51*** (1.19, 1.91) |
0.83 (0.61, 1.14) |
| Physical abuse |
17.9 (2881) |
32.6 (45) |
1.75** (1.15, 2.67) |
1.40 (0.92, 2.13) |
0.89 (0.53, 1.50) |
16.8 (3409) |
32.4 (167) |
2.01*** (1.59, 2.55) |
1.69*** (1.34, 2.14) |
1.26 (0.91, 1.75) |
| Sexual abuse |
6.0 (970) |
18.6 (23) |
2.92*** (1.67, 5.11) |
2.43** (1.40, 4.24) |
2.14** (1.27, 3.60) |
15.7 (3143) |
32.2 (161) |
2.27*** (1.75, 2.94) |
1.85*** (1.43, 2.41) |
1.58** (1.19, 2.11) |
| Emotional abuse |
8.8 (1451) |
21.5 (32) |
2.03** (1.26, 3.26) |
1.66* (1.04, 2.64) |
1.23 (0.70, 2.16) |
11.2 (2245) |
28.4 (151) |
2.48*** (1.88, 3.26) |
2.02*** (1.52, 2.67) |
1.66* (1.12, 2.45) |
| Emotional neglect |
8.7 (1474) |
14.3 (17) |
1.46 (0.79, 2.70) |
1.38 (0.74, 2.55) |
1.07 (0.52, 2.18) |
10.9 (2314) |
18.0 (101) |
1.63*** (1.23, 2.15) |
1.42* (1.08, 1.88) |
0.93 (0.67, 1.30) |
| Physical neglect |
30.0 (4794) |
52.1 (68) |
2.19*** (1.49, 3.23) |
1.87** (1.27, 2.76) |
1.58* (1.05, 2.35) |
25.2 (5110) |
41.3 (214) |
1.74*** (1.39, 2.17) |
1.50*** (1.20, 1.87) |
1.15 (0.86, 1.53) |
| Exposure to intimate partner violence |
16.3 (2630) |
35.1 (48) |
2.00** (1.28, 3.13) |
1.75* (1.12, 2.73) |
1.51 (0.91, 2.49) |
19.0 (3875) |
34.4 (171) |
1.75*** (1.36, 2.25) |
1.53*** (1.20, 1.95) |
1.14 (0.85, 1.53) |
| Any child maltreatment |
49.3 (7829) |
70.6 (93) |
2.09** (1.31, 3.33) |
1.66* (1.03, 2.66) |
— |
48.0 (9599) |
67.6 (341) |
1.93*** (1.50, 2.48) |
1.57*** (1.21, 2.02) |
— |
| Number of types of child maltreatment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 0 |
51.1 (7710) |
29.4 (35) |
1.00 | 1.00 | — |
52.3 (10047) |
32.8 (146) |
1.00 | 1.00 | — |
| 1 |
23.1 (3555) |
27.1 (32) |
1.94* (1.12, 3.35) |
1.65 (0.95, 2.87) |
— |
20.2 (3965) |
16.3 (74) |
1.20 (0.85, 1.69) |
1.04 (0.74, 1.47) |
— |
| 2+ |
25.8 (4175) |
43.5 (61) |
2.28** (1.36, 3.82) |
1.69* (1.01, 2.85) |
— |
27.5 (5505) |
50.9 (259) |
2.52*** (1.92, 3.32) |
1.94*** (1.47, 2.57) |
— |
Note. All n values were unweighted, and all percentages were weighted. AOR‐1, adjusted for household income, age (continuous), marital status, race/ethnicity, education, and family history of dysfunction. AOR‐2, adjusted for household income, age (continuous), marital status, race/ethnicity, education, family history of dysfunction, and any mental disorder. AOR‐3, adjusted for household income, age (continuous), marital status, race/ethnicity, education, family history of dysfunction, any mental disorder, and all other types of child maltreatment.
*p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001.