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Relationship between individual categories of adverse childhood experience and diabetes in adulthood in a sample of US adults: Does it differ by gender? J Diabetes Complications 2018 Feb;32(2):139-143

Date

12/09/2017

Pubmed ID

29217352

Pubmed Central ID

PMC5750098

DOI

10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2017.11.005

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85036658121 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   24 Citations

Abstract

AIMS: ACEs are known to increase risk for diabetes in adulthood. However, little is known about the differential impact of individual ACE categories on diabetes risk, and whether this relationship is gender specific.

METHODS: Data from the 2011 BRFSS was used in this study. Participants included 48,526 adults who completed the ACE module across 5 states. Using logistic regression, we examined the odds of diabetes in adulthood related to eight individual categories of ACEs: sexual abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse, mental illness, substance abuse, incarceration, separation/divorce, and violence. A gender interaction term was included to test if this relationship varied between men and women.

RESULTS: In adjusted analyses, sexual abuse (OR 1.57, CI 1.240; 1.995) had the strongest positive association followed by verbal (OR 1.29, CI 1.117; 1.484) and physical abuse (OR 1.26, CI 1.040; 1.516). Having a parent with mental illness was also significantly associated with increased odds of diabetes (OR 1.19, CI 0.996; 1.416). No interaction between ACEs and diabetes status by gender in any of the eight categories was found.

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, this study found that four ACE categories were significantly associated with increased odds of diabetes in adulthood with sexual abuse being the strongest predictor.

Author List

Campbell JA, Farmer GC, Nguyen-Rodriguez S, Walker R, Egede L

Authors

Jennifer Annette Campbell PhD, MPH Assistant Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Leonard E. Egede MD Center Director, Chief, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Rebekah Walker PhD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Adult
Age of Onset
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Child
Child Abuse
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Humans
Individuality
Male
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Substance-Related Disorders
United States
Young Adult