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

Table 4 Association between different types of childhood maltreatment with subthreshold depressive symptoms in young and middle-aged adults

Variables	Young adults (18-44 years old) (n = 2680)				Middle-aged adults (45-59 years old) (n = 529)
	OR (95%CI)1	P value	AOR (95%CI)2	P value	OR (95%CI)1	P value	AOR (95%CI)2	P value
CTQ-SF	1.04 (1.03, 1.07)	< 0.001	1.05 (1.03, 1.07)	< 0.001	1.03 (0.99, 1.07)	0.089	1.04 (0.99, 1.08)	0.055
Physical abuse	1.64 (1.27, 2.11)	< 0.001	1.57 (1.22, 2.02)	< 0.001	1.17 (0.88, 1.54)	0.282	1.12 (0.86, 1.47)	0.396
Emotional abuse	1.25 (1.12, 1.39)	< 0.001	1.25 (1.12, 1.39)	< 0.001	1.24 (0.97, 1.59)	0.083	1.26 (0.98, 1.62)	0.073
Sexual abuse	1.30 (1.04, 1.62)	< 0.05	1.28 (1.03, 1.59)	< 0.05	1.21 (0.82, 1.79)	0.336	1.18 (0.81, 1.71)	0.383
Physical neglect	1.13 (1.06, 1.20)	< 0.001	1.12 (1.05, 1.20)	< 0.001	1.05 (0.94, 1.17)	0.379	1.07 (0.96, 1.21)	0.216
Emotional neglect	1.05 (1.02, 1.09)	< 0.05	1.05 (1.01, 1.09)	< 0.05	1.06 (0.98, 1.14)	0.132	1.07 (0.99, 1.15)	0.075

¹Univariate model.

²Adjusted for sex, marital status, education, employed status, family income, chronic disease, smoking, drinking, exercise habit per week.

CTQ-SF: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-28 item Short Form.