Skip to main content

Table 2 Prevalence and adjusted odds ratios relating CPA, CSA, and CEIPV to cancer, by sex, household population aged 18 years or older, Canada, 2012

From: Childhood maltreatment as a risk factor for cancer: findings from a population-based survey of Canadian adults

 

Men

Women

% reporting cancer (95% CI)

Odds ratios controlling for age

Odds ratios controlling for age, and other socio-demographic factors

% reporting cancer (95% CI)

Odds ratios controlling for age

Odds ratios controlling for age, and other socio-demographic factors

Odds (95% CI)

Odds (95% CI)

Odds (95% CI)

Odds (95% CI)

CPA

 Yes

6.0 ( 5.0, 7.1)

1.0 (0.7, 1.3)

1.0 (0.7, 1.3)

9.6 * ( 7.8, 11.4)

1.7 ** (1.3, 2.2)

1.6 ** (1.3, 2.0)

 No (reference)

6.4 ( 5.5, 7.4)

  

7.4 ( 6.6, 8.1)

  

CPA severity and frequency

 Severe and frequent (> 10 times) CPA

6.4 ( 2.5, 10.3)

1.3 (0.7, 2.7)

1.4 (0.7, 2.8)

18.4 * (10.3, 26.5)

3.6 ** (2.0, 6.5)

3.1 ** (1.7, 5.4)

 Frequent (>10 times) CPA (excluding severe and frequent CPA)

6.4 ( 4.6, 8.2)

1.1 (0.8, 1.5)

1.0 (0.7, 1.5)

9.7 ( 6.0, 13.4)

1.7 * (1.1, 2.7)

1.6 * (1.0, 2.6)

 CPA (excluding frequent CPA)

5.8 ( 4.4, 7.1)

0.9 (0.6, 1.2)

0.9 (0.6, 1.2)

7.8 ( 5.9, 9.7)

1.4 * (1.0, 1.9)

1.3 (1.0, 1.8)

 No CPA (reference)

6.4 ( 5.5, 7.4)

  

7.4 ( 6.6, 8.1)

  

CSA (reference no CSA)

 Yes

7.7 ( 5.2, 10.2)

1.0 (0.7, 1.5)

1.0 (0.7, 1.5)

10.8 ** ( 8.9, 12.7)

1.6 ** (1.3, 2.0)

1.4 ** (1.1, 1.8)

 No (reference)

6.2 ( 5.5, 7.0)

  

7.3 ( 6.6, 8.1)

  

CSA severity and frequency

 Severe and frequent (>= 3 times) CSA

4.8 ( 1.3, 8.3)

0.8 (0.4, 1.8)

0.8 (0.4, 1.9)

11.5 ( 6.8, 16.2)

2.0 ** (1.2, 3.3)

1.7 * (1.1, 2.7)

 Severe CSA (<=2 times)

9.4 ( 3.9, 14.9)

1.3 (0.6, 2.6)

1.2 (0.6, 2.5)

11.2 * ( 7.9, 14.4)

1.7 ** (1.2, 2.5)

1.4 (1.0, 2.1)

 CSA (sexual touching, excluding severe CSA)

7.8 ( 4.2, 11.4)

0.9 (0.5, 1.7)

0.9 (0.5, 1.7)

10.1 ( 7.6, 12.7)

1.4 (1.0, 1.9)

1.2 (0.9, 1.7)

 No CSA (reference)

6.2 ( 5.5, 7.0)

  

7.3 ( 6.6, 8.1)

  

CEIPV

 >=3 times

6.9 ( 4.4, 9.3)

1.3 (0.9, 2.1)

1.4 (0.9, 2.1)

10.9 * ( 7.9, 13.9)

1.9 ** (1.3, 2.6)

1.7 ** (1.2, 2.3)

 <= 2 times (reference)

6.3 ( 5.6, 7.0)

  

7.5 ( 6.8, 8.2)

  

Frequency of CEIPV

 More than 10 times

5.6 ( 2.4, 8.9)

1.2 (0.6, 2.2)

1.2 (0.6, 2.2)

10.6 ( 6.5, 14.7)

1.7 * (1.1, 2.8)

1.5 (1.0, 2.3)

 Three to 10 times

8.3 ( 4.6, 12.1)

1.5 (0.9, 2.7)

1.6 (0.9, 2.8)

11.3 ( 6.9, 15.7)

2.1 ** (1.3, 3.3)

2.0 ** (1.2, 3.2)

 <= 2 times (reference)

6.3 ( 5.6, 7.0)

  

7.5 ( 6.8, 8.2)

  

Co-occurrence of CPA, CSA and CEIPV

 No abuse (reference)

6.4 ( 5.5, 7.4)

  

7.1 ( 6.3, 7.9)

  

 1 type of abuse

5.6 ( 4.5, 6.7)

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

8.3 ( 6.7, 9.8)

1.3 * (1.0, 1.7)

1.2 (1.0, 1.6)

 2 types of abuse

7.6 ( 4.9, 10.3)

1.2 (0.8, 1.9)

1.2 (0.8, 1.9)

10.5 * ( 7.5, 13.6)

2.0 ** (1.4, 2.8)

1.8 ** (1.2, 2.5)

 3 types of abuse

7.4 ( 1.2, 13.7)

1.4 (0.5, 3.7)

1.4 (0.5, 3.8)

13.9 * ( 8.5, 19.3)

2.7 ** (1.6, 4.5)

2.3 ** (1.4, 3.7)

  1. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey -- Mental Health, 2012 (share file)
  2. CPA Childhood physical abuse, CSA Childhood sexual abuse, CEIPV Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence, CI onfidence interval
  3. * p <0.05 ** p <0.01 Significantly different from reference