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. 2019 Feb 7;14(2):e0211850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211850

Table 1. Demographics of participants aged 18–59 years by ACE categories.

Characteristics N Abuse Neglect Family dysfunction Violence
n (%) P n (%) P n (%) P n (%) P
Age, years 1501 36.23±9.23 .270 37.25±9.53 < .001 38.36±9.14 < .001 36.16±9.60 .554
Gender
    Male 453 208(45.92) < .001 163(35.98) .05 167(36.87) < .001 130(28.70) < .001
    Female 1048 288(27.48) 433(41.32) 287(27.39) 199(18.99)
Residence
    Rural 750 205(27.33) < .001 301(40.13) .74 206(27.47) .02 161(21.47) .67
    Urban 751 291(38.75) 295(39.28) 248(33.02) 168(22.37)
Only child
    Yes 179 52(29.05) .23 78(43.58) .26 42(23.46) .04 34(18.99) .31
    No 1322 444(33.59) 518(39.18) 412(31.16) 295(22.31)
Years of education, year
    ≤6 94 24(25.53) .003 25(26.60) .02 27(28.72) .77 14(14.89) .12
    7–9 505 157(31.09) 214(42.38) 145(28.71) 125(24.75)
    10–11 401 119(29.68) 169(42.14) 126(31.42) 81(20.20)
    ≥12 501 196(39.12) 188(37.52) 156(31.14) 109(21.76)
Occupation
    Employed 1281 420(32.79) .61 503(39.27) .40 392(30.60) .47 265(20.69) .005
    Unemployed 220 76(34.55) 93(42.27) 62(28.18) 64(29.09)
BMI 1501 21.99±2.96 .092 22.07±2.97 .004 22.14±3.11 .012 21.86±3.14 .725
Income/month, Yuan
    <1000 285 91(31.93) .19 130(45.61) .06 86(30.18) .35 79(27.72) .01
    1000–1999 569 172(30.23) 220(38.66) 158(27.77) 103(18.10)
    2000–2999 464 167(35.99) 185(39.87) 149(32.11) 104(22.41)
    ≥3000 183 66(36.07) 61(33.33) 61(33.33) 43(23.50)