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Table 1 Summary of the demographic and childhood trauma characteristics of the subjects included in the study

From: DNA methylation profiles of elderly individuals subjected to indentured childhood labor and trauma

 

Child laborer

Control

p-value

N for analysis

N = 30

N = 15

 

Age (years; mean ± SD)

75.9 ± 5.8

72.8 ± 5.8

0.103

Gender (F/M)

14 F/16 M

8 F/7 M

0.673

CTQ - total (mean ± SD)

82.2 ± 16.2

34.4 ± 7.89

<0.001

CTQ physical abuse

17.3 ± 6

5.7 ± 1.2

CTQ emotional abuse

17.4 ± 5.2

6.3 ± 1.4

CTQ sexual abuse

9.5 ± 7

5.4 ± 1.3

Age at indenture (years; mean ± SD)

4.8 ± 4.6

none

 

Duration of indenture (years; mean ± SD)

11.6 ± 5

none

 
  1. CTQ = childhood trauma questionnaire; p-values represent results from t-test for age, Mann-Whitney test for CTQ total score, and chi-square test for gender