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Table 1 Adverse childhood experiences, trusted adult support in childhood and demographic relationships 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

Category

Outcome (%)

  

n

%

Daily smoking

≤1 Portion fruit and veg/day

Weekly heavy drinking

≥2 Health-harming behaviours

Lower mental well-being

All

 

7047

-

19.1

12.6

7.7

8.5

15.5

ACE count

0

3964

56.3

14.1

10.5

5.7

5.6

11.5

1

1271

18.0

18.3

13.5

8.3

8.5

14.2

2–3

1086

15.4

22.3

13.0

9.4

9.8

18.1

4+

726

10.3

43.4

22.3

15.6

22.9

35.4

X 2

  

348.569

78.990

91.334

237.714

275.819

P

  

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

AAA support in childhood

Yes

3273

46.4

16.0

9.8

7.1

6.2

9.0

No

3774

53.6

21.9

15.1

8.3

10.5

21.1

X 2

  

39.187

45.067

3.914

41.286

196.572

P

  

<0.001

<0.001

0.048

<0.001

<0.001

UK region

Luton

1334

18.9

18.1

10.9

4.0

6.7

14.5

Wales

1819

25.8

22.3

20.2

12.7

14.7

19.4

Hertfordshire

2421

34.4

17.7

10.0

7.1

6.9

13.8

Northamptonshire

1473

20.9

18.5

9.2

5.9

5.3

14.4

X 2

  

16.035

128.410

96.317

122.030

28.739

P

  

0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Deprivation quintile

Affluent 1

1884

26.7

14.0

9.4

8.0

5.7

11.4

2

1409

20.0

17.8

11.5

6.3

7.0

14.8

3

1444

20.5

19.5

14.2

7.7

10.0

16.5

4

1403

19.9

19.5

14.3

8.1

9.1

17.2

Deprived 5

907

12.9

30.8

16.1

8.9

13.8

20.8

X 2

  

112.981

35.957

6.230

60.510

49.141

P

  

<0.001

<0.001

0.183

<0.001

<0.001

Age

18–29

1630

23.1

26.0

19.6

12.2

15.8

16.3

category

30–39

1423

20.2

19.7

9.1

6.6

6.8

15.7

(years)

40–49

1401

19.9

17.6

11.9

7.5

6.9

14.8

50–59

1215

17.2

21.2

11.6

8.1

7.9

15.9

60–69

1378

19.6

10.1

9.6

3.6

3.8

14.5

X 2

  

128.350

101.589

82.286

160.650

2.394

P

  

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.664

Sex

Female

3815

54.1

15.5

9.0

4.0

5.1

15.2

Male

3232

45.9

23.4

16.9

12.1

12.6

15.8

X 2

  

71.136

98.374

159.336

128.351

0.639

P

  

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.424

Ethnicity

White

5976

84.8

20.9

13.0

8.9

9.4

16.0

Other ethnicities

1071

15.2

9.4

10.8

1.5

3.9

12.5

X 2

  

76.788

3.702

68.912

34.359

8.44

P

  

<0.001

0.054

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

  1. ACE Adverse Childhood Experiences. AAA Always Available Adult support from someone trusted in childhood
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