Table 4

Association between ACEs and body mass index among older adults in Japan and Finland

JapanFinland
Model 1Model 2Model 1Model 2
Coef.95% CICoef.95% CICoef.95% CICoef.95% CI
Parental divorce (ref. no): Yes0.18−0.15 to 0.520.18−0.15 to 0.51 0.60 0.31 to 0.89 0.52 0.23 to 0.81
Fear of a family member (ref. no): Yes 0.22 0.03 to 0.40 0.20 0.02 to 0.39 0.49 0.24 to 0.75 0.40 0.15 to 0.65
Childhood poverty (ref. no): Yes 0.15 0.04 to 0.25 0.07−0.03 to 0.18 0.49 0.30 to 0.67 0.40 0.22 to 0.59
Any ACE (ref. no): Yes 0.14 0.03 to 0.24 0.07−0.04 to 0.18 0.40 0.23 to 0.57 0.33 0.15 to 0.50
Number of ACEs (continuous variable) 0.14 0.06 to 0.22 0.09 0.01 to 0.18 0.36 0.25 to 0.47 0.30 0.19 to 0.41
  • ‘Any’ denotes the presence of at least one ACE.

  • Model 1: Adjusted for age and sex. Model 2: Further adjusted for education, marital status, and working status.

  • Coefficients (95% CIs) were derived from regression models.

  • Bold text indicates statistically significant with a p value less than 0.05.

  • ACE, Adverse childhood experience; BMI, body mass index; Coef., coefficient.