Table 3.

2014 North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System adjusted bivariate relationships among adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and acquired brain injury (ABI)

	ABI
ACE	N	Weighted %	b	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Sexual abuse
No (N=2705)	148	76.68	Ref.	1	–
Yes (N=343)	45	23.32	0.55	3	1.81 to 4.97*
Emotional abuse
No (N=2263)	121	63.02	Ref.	1	–
Yes (N=765)	71	36.98	0.25	1.64	1.06 to 2.53*
Physical abuse
No (N=2649)	149	41.16	Ref.	1	–
Yes (N=398)	43	58.84	0.29	1.78	1.05 to 3.00*
Household mental illness
No (N=2661)	146	76.04	Ref.	1	–
Yes (N=390)	46	23.96	0.44	2.41	1.47 to 3.95*
Incarcerated household member
No (N=2886)	177	91.24	Ref.	1	–
Yes (N=180)	17	8.76	0.39	2.16	0.95 to 4.93
Witnessing intimate partner violence
No (N=2565)	152	79.58	Ref.	1	–
Yes (N=449)	39	20.42	0.25	1.65	0.96 to 2.83
Household substance abuse
No (N=2303)	120	61.22	Ref.	1	–
Yes (N=772)	76	38.78	0.31	1.86	1.19 to 2.90*
Parental separation/divorce
No (N=2265)	132	69.84	Ref.	1	–
Yes (N=743)	57	30.16	0.18	1.42	0.87 to 2.33
ACE score
0 (1239)	52	29.21	Ref.	1	–
1 (644)	45	25.28	0.2	1.6	0.91 to 2.82
2 (308)	20	11.24	0.31	1.48	0.66 to 3.32
3 (191)	18	10.11	0.31	2.55	1.12 to 5.77*
4+ (301)	43	24.16	0.21	3.51	1.95 to 6.32*

^*P<0.001.