Research Article

Childhood Adversities are Associated with Diabetes Management in Working Age in Finland

Table 2

Occurrence of childhood adversities (%) in the diabetes study groups and the statistical significance of differences from controls.

Control groupInsulin groupTablet group  Combination
 therapy group
Drug-naive group
= 22 875
%% value% value% value% value

Parental divorce17.416.80.83512.30.00410.70.01918.00.782
Long-lasting financial difficulties24.423.70.82130.80.00135.7<0.00133.10.001
Serious family conflicts24.820.10.14127.70.14125.90.72331.7<0.001
Afraid of a family member12.810.90.45914.30.31216.30.15222.2<0.001
Seriously or chronically ill family member24.934.60.00233.8<0.00137.4<0.00136.0<0.001
Alcohol problem of a family member24.027.30.29326.50.19224.70.81731.80.008