title: Health-related outcomes of adverse childhood experiences in Texas, 2002.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We assessed the prevalence of 7 childhood adversities (psychological, physical, and sexual abuse; household mental illness; household substance abuse; maternal battery; and incarceration of a household member) and the associations of those adversities with health outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using data from 5,378 people who responded to the 2002 Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey (which included questions about childhood adversity), we created 4 groups: no childhood abuse or household dysfunction, childhood abuse only, household dysfunction only, and both childhood abuse and household dysfunction. We examined groups by sociodemographic variables and the association with current smoking, obesity, and self-rated health.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among adult respondents, 46% reported at least 1 childhood adversity. Reports of both household dysfunction and abuse were significantly lower for college graduates than for people with less education. For those with both abuse and household dysfunction, the odds of current smoking were 1.9 and for obesity were 1.3. Compared to people without childhood adversities, people who experienced childhood adversities more frequently reported having fair or poor general health status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Childhood adversities are common among Texas adults. People with childhood adversities are more likely to be socioeconomically disadvantaged, less educated, and have difficulties maintaining employment in adulthood compared to people with no adversities. Moreover, childhood adversities appear to be associated with health problems such as current smoking, obesity, and poor or fair general health among Texas adults.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K-50, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA. skd7@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Shanta R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Dube
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Valerie J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D002648:Child; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
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