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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2019 Jul 16;96:104070. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104070

Table 2.

Regression analysis results for the relationship between child maltreatment class and average excess BMI, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 17,669).

Variable Unadjusted model, coefficient (SE) Adjusted model, coefficient (SE)
Physical abuse class 0.16 (0.13) 0.17 (0.12)
Physical abuse + neglect class 0.22 (0.25) 0.03 (0.24)
Poly-maltreatment class 0.46 (0.20)* 0.19 (0.20)
Adolescent onset maltreatment 0.36 (0.11)** 0.28 (0.11)*
R2 0.002 0.083

Note: Estimates are averaged over 20 imputed datasets and account for survey weighting and clustering. Asterisks indicate significant effects:

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.

Adjusted model controls for: biological sex (male or female); race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic White, Hispanic, other); parent education (less than high school, high school, some college, college graduate); parent employment (employed or unemployed); child birth weight (in ounces, mean-centered); if a child was exclusively breastfed for 6+ months (yes/no); if a child was born in the United States (yes/no); and if a biological mother or father was obese (yes/no).