To determine the association of the five maltreatments with alcohol dependence (Aim 1), odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were derived from five logistic regression models, each one assessing a specific childhood maltreatment (sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, physical neglect and emotional neglect) as predictors of adult lifetime DSM-IV alcohol dependence. All models adjusted for demographic characteristics (age, gender, race/ethnicity and education). To determine these associations controlling for the other direct maltreatments (Aim 2), an ‘any other maltreatment’ covariate was added to the five logistic regression models. To additionally control for the effects of other adverse childhood experiences (Aim 3), the covariate indicating whether respondents experienced any adverse childhood experience other than maltreatment was added to the five models described for Aim 2.
