Association between childhood maltreatment with subthreshold depressive symptoms and major depressive disorder in young and middle-aged adults

Table 2 The average scores of different types of childhood maltreatment in young and middle-aged adults by subthreshold depressive symptoms and major depressive disorder groups

Variables	Young adults (18-44 years old) (n = 2680)	Middle-aged adults (45-59 years old) (n = 529)	P value
CTQ-SF total score	44.7 ± 14.0	39.1 ± 11.4	< 0.001
Non-depressed	36.1 ± 9.8	35.5 ± 8.6	0.769
SDS	41.7 ± 13.4	39.0 ± 11.5	< 0.05
MDD	47.6 ± 14.1	41.2 ± 11.7	< 0.05
CTQ-SF scores for physical abuse	6.5 ± 2.9	5.8 ± 2.0	< 0.001
Non-depressed	5.3 ± 0.9	5.4 ± 1.2	0.486
SDS	6.1 ± 2.6	5.8 ± 2.0	< 0.05
MDD	6.9 ± 3.2	6.0 ± 2.3	< 0.05
CTQ-SF scores for emotional abuse	8.7 ± 4.4	6.5 ± 2.5	< 0.001
Non-depressed	6.1 ± 1.9	5.7 ± 1.4	0.252
SDS	7.4 ± 3.5	6.5 ± 2.4	< 0.001
MDD	9.9 ± 4.7	7.3 ± 3.1	< 0.001
CTQ-SF scores for sexual abuse	5.7 ± 1.9	5.5 ± 1.6	< 0.05
Non-depressed	5.3 ± 1.0	5.2 ± 0.9	0.821
SDS	5.7 ± 2.0	5.5 ± 1.7	0.071
MDD	5.7 ± 1.8	5.6 ± 1.2	0.507
CTQ-SF scores for physical neglect	9.6 ± 3.8	9.5 ± 3.4	0.394
Non-depressed	8.1 ± 3.1	9.0 ± 3.0	0.181
SDS	9.5 ± 3.7	9.5 ± 3.4	0.845
MDD	9,8 ± 3.8	9.5 ± 3.5	0.561
CTQ-SF scores for emotional neglect	14.2 ± 5.9	11.8 ± 5.5	< 0.001
Non-depressed	11.3 ± 6.3	10.2 ± 4.9	0.375
SDS	12.9 ± 6.1	11.7 ± 5.6	< 0.05
MDD	15.3 ± 5.4	12.8 ± 5.4	< 0.05

SDS: Subthreshold depressive symptoms; MDD: Major depressive disorder; CTQ-SF: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-28 item Short Form.