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Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of adverse childhood experiences, trusted adult support in childhood, demographics and their associations with health-harming behaviours and mental well-being in adulthood

From: Does continuous trusted adult support in childhood impart life-course resilience against adverse childhood experiences - a retrospective study on adult health-harming behaviours and mental well-being

 

Daily smoking 95% CIs

≤1 Portion fruit and veg/day 95% CIs

Weekly heavy drinking 95% CIs

≥2 Health- harming behaviours 95% CIs

Lower mental well-being 95% CIs

AOR

Low

High

P

AOR

Low

High

P

AOR

Low

High

P

AOR

Low

High

P

AOR

Low

High

P

£AAA support in childhood * ACEs

 Yes

0

Ref

  

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

1

1.26

0.98

1.63

0.068

1.26

0.93

1.69

0.133

1.69

1.22

2.35

0.002

1.54

1.07

2.19

0.019

1.32

0.96

1.81

0.083

2–3

1.65

1.26

2.17

<0.001

1.43

1.03

1.98

0.035

1.08

0.71

1.64

0.720

1.52

1.01

2.29

0.045

1.79

1.28

2.49

<0.001

4+

4.04

2.84

5.74

<0.001

1.09

0.63

1.89

0.754

1.70

0.97

3.00

0.066

1.72

0.94

3.13

0.078

3.27

2.16

4.96

<0.001

 No

0

1.23

1.02

1.48

0.032

1.36

1.10

1.68

0.004

0.89

0.67

1.17

0.392

1.15

0.87

1.53

0.325

2.44

1.98

3.01

<0.001

1

1.58

1.23

2.01

<0.001

1.86

1.42

2.45

<0.001

0.94

0.64

1.38

0.748

1.67

1.17

2.39

0.005

2.95

2.27

3.83

<0.001

2–3

1.96

1.55

2.47

<0.001

1.60

1.21

2.12

0.001

1.83

1.33

2.53

<0.001

2.28

1.63

3.17

<0.001

3.69

2.86

4.76

<0.001

4+

5.16

4.14

6.44

<0.001

3.21

2.49

4.14

<0.001

2.72

2.01

3.69

<0.001

6.16

4.61

8.24

<0.001

8.32

6.53

10.61

<0.001

UK region

Luton Wales

   

0.109

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

0.035

0.80

0.65

0.98

0.030

1.86

1.47

2.35

<0.001

1.80

1.30

2.50

<0.001

1.50

1.13

1.99

0.005

1.28

1.03

1.59

0.026

Hertfordshire

0.88

0.72

1.09

0.241

0.98

0.77

1.26

0.877

1.23

0.87

1.74

0.237

0.94

0.70

1.28

0.712

1.01

0.81

1.26

0.920

Northamptonshire

0.80

0.64

0.99

0.040

0.89

0.68

1.17

0.412

0.91

0.62

1.31

0.602

0.62

0.44

0.87

0.005

1.07

0.84

1.35

0.600

Deprivation quintile

Affluent 1

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

0.093

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

2

1.39

1.14

1.70

0.001

1.28

1.01

1.61

0.041

0.79

0.60

1.05

0.110

1.30

0.96

1.75

0.086

1.42

1.15

1.76

0.001

3

1.66

1.37

2.02

<0.001

1.57

1.26

1.97

<0.001

1.05

0.80

1.37

0.732

1.96

1.48

2.58

<0.001

1.64

1.33

2.03

<0.001

4

1.67

1.37

2.04

<0.001

1.60

1.27

2.01

<0.001

1.21

0.92

1.59

0.175

1.83

1.37

2.44

<0.001

1.67

1.35

2.07

<0.001

Deprived 5

3.06

2.46

3.81

<0.001

1.52

1.17

1.96

0.002

1.12

0.82

1.53

0.490

2.45

1.80

3.33

<0.001

1.98

1.56

2.52

<0.001

Age

18–29

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

0.789

category

30–39

0.82

0.68

0.98

0.030

0.50

0.40

0.62

<0.001

0.65

0.50

0.86

0.002

0.49

0.38

0.63

<0.001

1.08

0.88

1.32

0.465

(years)

40–49

0.66

0.55

0.80

<0.001

0.64

0.52

0.79

<0.001

0.68

0.53

0.88

0.004

0.46

0.36

0.60

<0.001

0.97

0.79

1.19

0.748

50–59

0.84

0.69

1.01

0.065

0.61

0.49

0.76

<0.001

0.70

0.53

0.91

0.007

0.53

0.40

0.68

<0.001

1.09

0.88

1.35

0.437

60–69

0.34

0.28

0.43

<0.001

0.50

0.40

0.62

<0.001

0.29

0.21

0.40

<0.001

0.24

0.18

0.33

<0.001

1.01

0.82

1.25

0.912

Sex$

Male

1.79

1.58

2.04

<0.001

1.96

1.69

2.28

<0.001

3.39

2.78

4.13

<0.001

2.79

2.31

3.37

<0.001

1.01

0.88

1.15

0.923

Ethnicity$

Other

0.29

0.23

0.37

<0.001

0.88

0.70

1.12

0.307

0.16

0.10

0.27

<0.001

0.35

0.25

0.50

<0.001

0.77

0.62

0.96

0.019

  1. AAA Always Available Adult support from someone trusted in childhood, ACE Adverse Childhood Experiences, 95%CIs 95% Confidence Intervals, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, Ref Reference category and P values appearing in reference rows relate to testing of the overall contribution of each variable to the model. £Combined interaction variable between trusted adult support in childhood and ACEs. $For binary variables reference categories are female (for sex) and white (for ethnicity). Interactions between sex and the AAA support in childhood*ACEs variable were included in all models but did not reach significance in any of the models (daily smoking, P = 0.199; ≤1 portion of fruit and veg/day, P = 0.107; weekly heavy drinking, P = 0.472; ≥2 Health-harming behaviours, P = 0.211; lower mental well-being, P = 0.746)
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