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Table 2 Childhood-adolescent adversity as bivariate predictors for the onset of depression during the past year

From: The relationship between childhood adversity, recent stressors, and depression in college students attending a South African university

 

prevalence

Chi-square test

Odds Ratioe

PARPe

Predictor

n(w)

%(w)a

SE

%(w)b

SE

%(w)c

SE

X2

df

P-valued

OR

95%-

95%+

%(w)

Parental psychopathology

308

47.6

1.9

44.7

2.1

60.8

4.4

9.03

1

0.002

2.1

1.3

3.2

26.7

Physical abuse

134

20.4

1.5

19.1

1.7

25.5

4.0

2.22

1

0.139

1.8

1.1

3.1

9.3

Emotional abuse

240

37.2

1.8

31.9

2.0

57.0

4.5

23.63

1

<0.001

3.2

2.0

5.0

34.3

Sexual abuse

28

4.4

0.7

3.3

0.7

9.0

2.4

7.06

1

0.006

3.0

1.3

7.1

5.2

Neglect

84

12.9

1.3

10.6

1.3

22.6

3.8

11.39

1

0.001

3.4

1.9

6.0

13.0

Bullying victimization

324

50.0

1.9

45.2

2.1

70.7

4.1

22.36

1

<0.001

3.0

1.9

4.8

41.3

Dating violence

102

15.7

1.3

13.8

1.4

24.6

3.8

7.75

1

0.005

1.9

1.2

3.3

9.8

Any adverse experience

484

79.4

1.6

76.4

1.8

93.6

2.4

14.52

1

<0.001

4.6

2.0

10.4

67.9

No adverse experience

126

20.6

1.6

23.6

1.8

6.4

2.4

–

–

–

(ref)

(ref)

(ref)

(ref)

Exactly one adverse experience

165

27.1

1.7

28.5

1.9

23.4

3.9

–

–

–

2.9

1.2

7.0

14.1

Exactly two adverse experiences

126

20.6

1.6

21.2

1.8

18.5

3.6

–

–

–

3.5

1.4

9.0

12.1

Three or more adverse experiences

194

31.7

1.8

26.7

1.9

51.7

4.6

28.98

3

<0.001

8.0

3.4

18.8

42.3

  1. All OR and PARP estimates are adjusted for gender and race. Significant P-values, OR and PARP are indicated in bold (α = 0.05); OR = odds ratio; PARP = population- attributable risk proportion
  2. aThe prevalence of the predictor in the full sample
  3. bThe prevalence of the predictor among those without 12-month depressive symptoms
  4. cThe prevalence of the predictor among those with 12-month depressive symptoms
  5. dUnadjusted for multiple comparison. For multiple test adjusted P-values, see Additional file 1: Table S1
  6. eAdjusted for gender and race