Table 4.
Estimates of Risks of Obesity, Physical Problems, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, and Diabetes Based on Childhood Adversity, Corrected for the Covariates Age, Educational Level, Sex, Living With a Partner, Medication Use, Occupational Status, and Country of Origin.
| Outcome Variable | 1 or 2 ACE | ≥3 ACE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | Wald | p | OR | B | SE | Wald | p | OR | |
| Obesity | .26 | .20 | 1.64 | .25 | 1.29 | 0.83 | .35 | 5.77 | .02 | 2.30 |
| Physical problems | .46 | .09 | 28.23 | <.001 | 1.58 | 1.31 | .24 | 29.35 | <.001 | 3.69 |
| High blood pressure | .01 | .11 | 0.01 | .92 | 1.01 | 0.03 | .23 | 0.02 | .90 | 1.03 |
| High cholesterol | .25 | .12 | 4.12 | 0.04 | 1.28 | 0.04 | .27 | 0.02 | .90 | 1.04 |
| Diabetes | .21 | .16 | 1.68 | .20 | 1.23 | −0.12 | .38 | 0.10 | .76 | 0.89 |
Note. ACE = adverse childhood experience; OR = odds ratio.