Assessing adverse childhood experiences, social, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, and subjective health complaints among Hungarian adolescents

Table 8 Associations between the number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and subjective health complaints (SHC)

	Headache		Stomachache		Backache		Feeling low		Irritability
	OR	p-value	OR	p-value	OR	p-value	OR	p-value	OR	p-value
ACE score
0	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
1	1.23	0.506	1.20	0.636	1.90	0.053	1.36	0.297	1.58	0.152
2	2.50	0.010*	2.12	0.074	1.33	0.529	2.47	0.010*	2.07	0.056
3	3.03	0.014*	6.44	< 0.001*	6.56	< 0.001*	3.61	0.004*	2.76	0.030*
4 or more	2.80	0.015*	3.96	0.003*	2.81	0.021*	4.98	< 0.001*	2.87	0.015*
Model	χ²(10) = 54.349 p < 0.001		χ²(10) = 49.573 p < 0.001		χ²(10) = 36.633 p < 0.001		χ²(10) = 59.091 p < 0.001		χ²(10) = 32.115 p < 0.001

	Nervousness		Sleeping difficulties		Dizziness		Fatigue
	OR	p-value	OR	p-value	OR	p-value	OR	p-value
ACE score
0	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
1	0.92	0.753	1.40	0.243	1.30	0.499	0.93	0.751
2	2.82	0.002*	1.73	0.129	1.38	0.489	2.49	0.010*
3	6.32	< 0.001*	2.48	0.043*	0.87	0.832	2.93	0.025*
4 or more	1.83	0.140	2.41	0.036*	3.24	0.013*	1.92	0.129
Model	χ²(10) = 50.874 p < 0.001		χ²(10) = 21.400 p = 0.018		χ²(10) = 24.781 p = 0.001		χ²(10) = 34.703 p < 0.001

*Logistic regression with entry method, adjusted for age, gender, location, and maternal education

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