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. 2020 Jan 2;55(2):204–214. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agz098

Table 3.

AORs of ACEs on alcohol binge levels, adjusted for sociodemographic characteristicsa

Alcohol binge levelb
Non-binge Level I Level II Level III
NESARC-III N = 14,030 N = 7,190 N = 2,599 N = 1,733
 Sexual abuse 1 (ref) 1.10 (0.96–1.27) 1.23 (0.94–1.62) 1.86 (1.45–2.39) ***
 Physical abuse 1 (ref) 1.10 (1.0–1.21) * 1.23 (1.08–1.41) ** 1.83 (1.54–2.18) ***
 Verbal abuse 1 (ref) 1.11 (1.02–1.21) * 1.23 (1.09–1.38) ** 1.90 (1.65–2.18) ***
 Physical neglect 1 (ref) 1.12 (1.02–1.24) * 1.27 (1.10–1.47) ** 1.80 (1.52–2.14) ***
 Emotional neglect 1(ref) 1.09 (1.01–1.18) * 1.15 (1.02–1.29) * 1.27 (1.11–1.43) **
Household dysfunction ACE
 Mother abused 1(ref) 1.09 (0.97–1.22) 1.38 (1.18–1.61) *** 1.77 (1.43–2.19) ***
 Substance abuse 1(ref) 1.18 (1.08–1.28) ** 1.40 (1.23–1.58) *** 1.90 (1.64–2.21) ***
 Mental Illness 1(ref) 1.10 (0.94–1.28) 1.09 (0.91–1.29) 1.23 (0.93–1.64)
 Incarceration 1(ref) 1.16 (1.02–1.31) * 1.19 (0.99–1.44) 1.71 (1.45–2.03) ***
 Suicide/suicide attempt 1(ref) 1.31 (1.06–1.61) * 1.35 (1.04–1.76) * 1.58 (1.19–2.11) **
NIAAA N = 199 N = 319 N = 196 N = 589
Child abuse and neglect
 Sexual abuse 1 (ref) 1.58 (0.71–3.50) 3.32 (1.52–7.28) ** 5.86 (2.92–11.75) ***
 Physical abuse 1 (ref) 2.35 (1.11–4.93) * 4.08 (1.94–8.59) ** 7.95 (4.06–15.57) ***
 Emotional abuse 1 (ref) 1.18 (0.72–1.93) 1.97 (1.19–3.27) ** 3.70 (2.41–5.69) ***
 Physical neglect 1 (ref) 2.31 (0.96–5.56) 2.49 (1.00–6.20) * 5.48 (2.49–12.10) ***
 Emotional neglect 1 (ref) 1.45 (0.93–2.26) 1.64 (1.02–2.64) * 2.90 (1.95–4.32) ***

aAORs are reported with 95% CI in parentheses; AORs were generated from multinomial logistics regression adjusted for age, gender, race, marital status, education attainment, and family income for NESARC-III sample and age, gender, race for NIAAA sample; *P < 0.05 **P < 0.01 ***P < 0.001 (significant AORs in boldface).

bAlcohol binge levels are gender-specific: for women, non-binge = 1–3; level I = 4–7; level II = 8–11; level III Inline graphic 12 drinks; for men, non-binge = 1–4; level L = 5–9; level II = 10–14; level III Inline graphic 15 drinks.