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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2022 Feb 5;101:397–409. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.02.004

Table 7.

Linear mixed effect models with CTQ subscale scores (natural-log transformed) as predictor and proinflammatory score as outcome variable.

Model M5: CTQ subscale score: Emotional Abuse (EA) Model M5: CTQ subscale score: Physical Abuse (PA) Model M5: CTQ subscale score: Sexual Abuse (SA) Model M5: CTQ subscale score: Emotional Neglect (EN) Model M5: CTQ subscale score: Physical Neglect (PN)
Estimates SE p Estimates SE p Estimates SE p Estimates SE p Estimates SE p

Regression coefficients

Intercept −0.27 0.09 0.004 −0.27 0.09 0.004 −0.28 0.09 0.003 −0.26 0.09 0.005 −0.26 0.09 0.005
Maternal race/ethnicity (Ref. Non-Hispanic White)
Hispanic 0.12 0.11 0.274 0.13 0.11 0.232 0.16 0.11 0.142 0.14 0.11 0.217 0.14 0.11 0.201
Non-Hispanic Other −0.05 0.14 0.718 −0.03 0.14 0.808 −0.00 0.14 0.980 −0.04 0.14 0.757 −0.03 0.14 0.837
Pre-pregnancy BMI 0.05 0.01 <0.001 0.05 0.01 <0.001 0.05 0.01 <0.001 0.05 0.01 <0.001 0.05 0.01 <0.001
Lifetime psychiatric in-patient treatment (Ref. No)
Yes 0.09 0.22 0.681 0.16 0.22 0.463 0.22 0.22 0.317 0.15 0.22 0.512 0.17 0.22 0.461
Presence of any obstetric risk condition (Ref. No)
Yes −0.16 0.13 0.198 −0.17 0.13 0.184 −0.16 0.13 0.201 −0.14 0.13 0.261 −0.17 0.13 0.186
Pharmacological treatment of anxiety/depression during pregnancy (Ref. No)
Yes −0.43 0.36 0.230 −0.49 0.36 0.170 −0.42 0.36 0.243 −0.45 0.36 0.207 −0.50 0.36 0.162
SES 0.04 0.06 0.514 0.03 0.06 0.594 0.03 0.06 0.576 0.05 0.06 0.392 0.03 0.06 0.661
Gestational age 0.02 0.00 <0.001 0.02 0.00 <0.001 0.02 0.00 <0.001 0.02 0.00 <0.001 0.02 0.00 <0.001
CES-D score −0.00 0.00 0.945 0.00 0.00 0.510 0.00 0.00 0.415 0.00 0.00 0.702 0.00 0.00 0.345
CTQ subscale score (ln) 0.09 0.12 0.473 −0.02 0.02 0.250 −0.24 0.14 0.090 0.12 0.12 0.305 −0.16 0.16 0.320
CTQ subscale score (ln) *CES-D score 0.03 0.01 0.002 0.00 0.00 0.015 0.02 0.01 0.066 0.01 0.01 0.172 0.02 0.01 0.105
Variance components
Within-person variance σ2 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31
Between-person variance τ00 0.24 participant 0.24 participant 0.24 participant 0.25 participant 0.24 participant
Model summary
Observations 498 498 498 498 498
N (participants) 180 participant 180 participant 180 participant 180 participant 180 participant
Pseudo R2 0.190 0.180 0.177 0.173 0.173

Note. SE = standard error; BMI = Body-Mass-Index; SES = socio-economic status; CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies – Depression Scale; CTQ = Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Outcome: repeatedly-measured aggregated score of serum concentrations of TNF-α and IL-6; Covariates: maternal race/ethnicity, SES, pre-pregnancy BMI, lifetime psychiatric in-patient treatment, presence of any obstetric risk conditions, pharmacological treatment of anxiety/depression during pregnancy; Predictors: Model 5: gestational age, CTQ subscale score (ln), repeatedly-measured CES-D score, CTQ subscale score (ln)*repeatedly-measured CES-D score.