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. 2018 Sep 7;9(1):1510278. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1510278

Table 2.

Odds ratios (OR) for health conditions in adulthood from participants with different subtypes and of the experience of any form of child maltreatment.

  Factor Chi2 OR
Obesity Emotional abuse *** 46.31 2.27
  Physical abuse *** 22.97 1.96
  Sexual abuse *** 17.54 1.78
  Emotional neglect ** 7.88 1.36
  Physical neglect 2.07 1.17
  Any form of child
maltreatment ***
10.26 1.45
Diabetes Emotional abuse *** 12.29 1.87
  Physical abuse *** 16.96 2.22
  Sexual abuse * 4.17 1.53
  Emotional neglect ** 10.94 1.72
  Physical neglect *** 26.39 2.30
  Any form of child
maltreatment ***
17.90 2.22
Cancer Emotional abuse * 4.92 1.65
  Physical abuse *** 15.06 2.42
  Sexual abuse * 5.89 1.79
  Emotional neglect *** 14.22 2.13
  Physical neglect *** 16.40 2.23
  Any form of child maltreatment ** 10.55 2.10
Hypertension Emotional abuse * 4.35 1.28
  Physical abuse *** 24.21 1.89
  Sexual abuse 2.16 1.22
  Emotional neglect *** 21.92 1.56
  Physical neglect *** 62.65 2.13
  Any form of child
maltreatment ***
39.81 1.93
Myocardial infarction Emotional abuse * 5.79 1.97
  Physical abuse *** 21.73 3.50
  Sexual abuse 2.21 1.62
  Emotional neglect * 6.10 1.93
  Physical neglect *** 15.06 2.82
  Any form of child maltreatment * 5.46 2.04
COPD Emotional abuse * 6.62 2.58
  Physical abuse * 5.67 2.61
  Sexual abuse * 4.24 2.30
  Emotional neglect * 4.99 2.39
  Physical neglect *** 18.51 5.74
  Any form of child maltreatment ** 9.20 5.29
Stroke Emotional abuse * 4.48 1.88
  Physical abuse *** 14.39 3.00
  Sexual abuse * 4.91 2.02
  Emotional neglect ** 8.55 2.24
  Physical neglect *** 20.23 3.55
  Any form of child maltreatment ** 9.28 2.82

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.