Table 2.
Associations of trauma exposure and DE symptoms by age group and trauma type
| No trauma M (SD) |
Any Trauma M (SD) |
MR (95% CI) |
Sexual Trauma M (SD) |
MR (95% CI) |
Violent Trauma M (SD) |
MR (95% CI) |
Other Trauma Exposure M (SD) |
MR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood Trauma with Childhood DE Symptoms | |||||||||
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| Mean AN sx | 0.12 (0.36) | 0.25 (0.50) | 1.9** (1.2–3.0) | 0.40 (0.59) | 2.3** (1.3–4.0) | 0.26 (0.48) | 2.0* (1.2–3.5) |
0.26 (0.50) | 1.9** (1.2–3.0) |
| Mean BN sx | 0.35 (0.59) | 0.58 (0.72) | 1.7*** (1.3–2.2) | 0.69 (0.71) | 1.6** (1.1–2.3) | 0.63 (0.63) | 1.8*** (1.3–2.4) | 0.60 (0.69) | 1.7*** (1.3–2.2) |
| Mean Associated sx | 0.61 (0.57) | 0.84 (0.54) | 1.4*** (1.2–1.6) | 0.78 (0.58) | 1.4** (1.1–1.9) | 0.80 (0.51) | 1.4** (1.1–1.6) | 0.85 (0.53) | 1.4*** (1.2–1.6) |
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| Cumulative Lifetime Trauma with Adulthood DE Symptoms1 | |||||||||
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| Mean AN sx | 0.10 (0.30) | 0.18 (0.50) | 1.6 (0.9–2.7) |
0.34 (0.69) | 1.9 (0.9–3.9) |
0.23 (0.54) | 1.9* (1.0–3.5) |
0.16 (0.47) | 1.4 (0.8–2.5) |
| Mean BN sx | 0.20 (0.43) | 0.39 (0.61) | 1.8** (1.2–2.6) | 0.58 (0.72) | 1.9 (1.2–2.9)** |
0.36 (0.58) | 1.7** (1.1–2.5) | 0.40 (0.62) | 1.8** (1.3–2.8) |
| Mean Associated sx. | 0.28 (0.45) | 0.44 (0.55) | 1.5** (1.1–2.0) | 0.64 (0.56) | 1.8*** (1.3–2.7) | 0.52 (0.58) | 1.7*** (1.3–2.4) | 0.46 (0.56) | 1.5** (1.1–2.0) |
Note. AN = Anorexia nervosa, Associated symptoms = Sustained appetite change, preoccupation with food/eating, BN = Bulimia nervosa, DE = Disordered eating, MR = Mean ratio, Sx = Symptoms. Values adjusted for sex, race, and family SES. Reference group for all analyses is no trauma.
1
Dichotomous variable based on reported exposure at any available observation.
*
p < .05
**
p ≤ .01
***
p < .001.