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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) for lifetime mental illness diagnosis, self-harm and suicide attempt by demographics and ACE count

From: Adverse childhood experiences: a retrospective study to understand their associations with lifetime mental health diagnosis, self-harm or suicide attempt, and current low mental wellbeing in a male Welsh prison population

 

Lifetime mental illness diagnosis

Self-harm

Suicide attempt

Lifetime

Lifetime in prison

Lifetime

Lifetime in prison

AOR

95% CIs

P

AOR

95% CIs

P

AOR

95% CIs

P

AOR

95% CIs

P

AOR

95% CIs

P

Age group (years)

 18–20

0.31

0.14–0.68

0.004

0.77

0.33–1.77

0.530

0.76

0.27–2.11

0.597

0.63

0.28–1.45

0.276

0.45

0.10–2.17

0.322

 21–24

0.56

0.30–1.05

0.069

1.43

0.75–2.73

0.280

2.05

1.01–4.18

0.047

0.64

0.33–1.24

0.183

0.86

0.33–2.24

0.758

 25–29

0.64

0.36–1.15

0.133

0.78

0.41–1.46

0.431

0.73

0.34–1.55

0.408

0.84

0.46–1.56

0.587

1.72

0.76–3.90

0.192

 30–39

0.92

0.54–1.56

0.751

0.96

0.54–1.70

0.893

0.84

0.43–1.67

0.623

0.71

0.41–1.25

0.238

0.63

0.26–1.53

0.308

 40+

Ref

 

0.024

Ref

 

0.463

Ref

 

0.056

Ref

 

0.615

Ref

 

0.161

Qualifications

 No qualifications

1.10

0.49–2.50

0.813

1.30

0.47–3.58

0.618

2.16

0.47–10.08

0.325

1.78

0.65–4.88

0.263

2.39

0.29–19.97

0.421

 Secondary school

1.00

0.45–2.24

0.993

2.18

0.80–5.91

0.126

3.88

0.86–17.64

0.079

1.99

0.73–5.39

0.176

3.10

0.38–25.29

0.291

 College/6th form

1.21

0.53–2.77

0.657

1.52

0.54–4.27

0.429

1.74

0.36–8.36

0.489

1.77

0.64–4.94

0.274

3.59

0.43–30.12

0.239

 Higher education

Ref

 

0.907

Ref

 

0.143

Ref

 

0.029

Ref

 

0.604

Ref

 

0.563

Ethnicity

 White

3.18

1.71–5.69

< 0.001

2.22

1.19–4.13

0.012

2.39

1.09–5.24

0.030

2.82

1.45–5.49

0.002

3.29

0.97–11.5

0.056

ACE count

 0

Ref

 

< 0.001

Ref

 

< 0.001

Ref

 

< 0.001

Ref

 

< 0.001

Ref

 

< 0.001

 1

1.05

0.53–2.08

0.887

2.48

0.90–6.85

0.080

3.96

0.81–19.28

0.089

0.71

0.29–1.72

0.444

1.27

0.20–7.94

0.797

 2–3

1.22

0.63–2.34

0.555

5.56

2.15–14.39

< 0.001

7.00

1.53–32.07

0.012

1.66

0.77–3.59

0.194

2.52

0.49–13.05

0.272

 ≥ 4

3.96

2.20–7.11

< 0.001

10.69

4.39–26.04

< 0.001

15.08

3.54–64.27

< 0.001

4.36

2.22–8.56

< 0.001

7.98

1.85–34.42

0.005

  1. Reference category for ethnicity = other; ACE Adverse childhood experience, Ref Reference category