Table 2 Childhood maltreatment (CM) exposure by alcohol misuse status

Any CM

< 0.001

 No (n = 689)

519 (46.5)

170 (34.1)

 Yes (n = 925)

597 (53.5)

328 (65.9)*

Sexual abuse

0.007

 No (n = 1413)

994 (89.1)

419 (84.1)

 Yes (n = 201)

122 (10.9)

79 (15.9)*

Physical abuse

0.001

 No (n = 949)

686 (61.5)

263 (52.8)

 Yes (665)

430 (38.5)

235 (47.2)*

Emotional abuse

0.008

 No (n = 1159)

824 (73.8)

335 (67.3)

 Yes (bn = 455)

292 (26.2)

163 (32.7)*

Parental neglect

0.026

 No (n = 1210)

855 (76.6)

355 (71.3)

 Yes (n = 455)

261 (23.4)

143 (28.7)*

Exposure to multiple CM types

< 0.001

 0 (n = 689)

519 (46.5)

170 (34.1)*

 1 (n = 413)

265 (23.7)

148 (29.7)*

 2 (n = 281)

189 (16.9)

92 (18.5)

 3 (n = 174)

110 (9.9)

64 (12.8)

 4 (n = 57)

33 (3.0)

24 (4.8)

CM severity of exposure score ^a

 Overall CM, range (13–46)

14 (13–15)

14 (13–16)*

< 0.001

 Sexual abuse, mean (SD)

4.2 (0.65)

4.3 (0.78)*

0.026

 Physical abuse, range (3–12)

3 (3–12)

3 (3–12)*

< 0.001

 Emotional abuse, mean (SD)

3.5 (1.0)

3.7 (1.3)*

0.003

 Parental neglect, mean (SD)

3.3 (0.7)

3.5 (1.5)*

0.003