Table 4.
Independent and Interactive Effects of Child Maltreatment and Deployment-related Trauma and Past 12-Month PTSD Symptoms and Mental Disorders.
| PTSD symptoms | GAD | Panic disorder | Social phobia | Major depressive episode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted models | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
| Model 1 | |||||
| Any child maltreatment | 2.00*** (1.40 to 2.84) | 1.68** (1.13 to 2.50) | 1.45* (1.03 to 2.06) | 1.48** (1.12 to 1.94) | 1.71*** (1.30 to 2.24) |
| Model 2 | |||||
| Any deployment-related traumatic event | 3.77*** (2.44 to 5.82) | 3.06*** (1.98 to 4.73) | 3.75*** (2.44 to 5.76) | 2.44*** (1.79 to 3.33) | 2.32*** (1.75 to 3.08) |
| Model 3 | |||||
| Any child maltreatment | 1.94*** (1.36 to 2.78) | 1.69** (1.13 to 2.50) | 1.40 (0.98 to 2.00) | 1.46** (1.11 to 1.93) | 1.70*** (1.29 to 2.24) |
| Any deployment-related traumatic event | 3.68*** (2.35 to 5.74) | 3.00*** (1.94 to 4.65) | 3.73*** (2.41 to 5.75) | 2.38*** (1.73 to 3.28) | 2.27*** (1.70 to 3.04) |
| Model 4 | |||||
| Any child maltreatment interaction with any deployment-related traumatic event | 0.15 (0.02 to 1.03) | 0.87 (0.35 to 2.20) | 0.74 (0.28 to 2.04) | 0.80 (0.40 to 1.60) | 0.60 (0.33 to 1.07) |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio (i.e., AORs adjust for sex, age, race, marital status, total household income, highest level of education, military rank, and current/last military environment); CI = confidence interval; GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; OR = odds ratio; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
*P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001.