Table 1.

Prevalence of childhood traumatic events among those with and without schizophrenia

	Total		Controls		Cases
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p value
Physical/emotional abuse
I didn’t have enough to eat	885	42.2	440	40.4	445	48.1	0.0829
People in my family called me things like ‘stupid’, ‘lazy’, or ‘ugly’	934	44.5	425	39.0	509	50.5	<0.0001
My parents were too drunk or high to take care of me	723	34.5	351	32.2	372	36.9	0.025
I had to wear dirty clothes	702	33.5	326	29.9	376	37.3	0.0004
I thought that my parents wished I had never been born	784	37.4	379	34.8	405	40.2	0.011
I got hit so hard by someone in my family that I had to see a doctor	642	30.6	312	28.7	330	32.7	0.042
People in my family hit me so hard that it left bruises or marks	730	34.8	353	32.4	377	37.4	0.017
I was punished with a belt, a board, a cord, or some hard object	982	46.8	470	43.2	512	50.8	0.001
People in my family said hurtful or insulting things to me	847	40.4	398	36.6	449	44.5	0.0002
I believe that I was physically abused	825	39.3	409	37.6	416	41.3	0.082
I got hit or beaten so badly that it was noticed by someone like a teacher	618	29.5	300	27.6	318	31.6	0.045
I felt that someone in my family hated me	876	41.8	417	38.3	459	45.5	0.001
Neglect
I knew there was someone to take care of me and protect me	871	41.5	427	39.2	444	44.1	0.025
There was someone in my family who helped me feel important or special	1055	50.3	519	47.7	536	53.2	0.012
I felt loved	1077	51.4	531	48.8	546	54.2	0.013
There was someone to take me to the doctor if I needed it	1099	52.4	539	49.5	560	55.6	0.006
Sexual abuse
Someone tried to touch me in a sexual way, or tried to make me touch them	632	30.1	307	28.2	325	32.2	0.043
Someone threatened to hurt me or tell lies about me unless I did something	624	29.8	315	28.9	309	30.7	0.387
Someone tried to make me do sexual things or make me watch sexual things	629	30.0	306	28.1	323	32.0	0.049
Someone molested me	730	34.8	370	34.0	360	35.2	0.404
I believe that I was sexually abused	768	36.6	381	35.0	387	38.4	0.106