Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and syndemic comorbidities of black women in Baltimore, Maryland, by latent class membership (n=230)

Variables	Class 1		Class 2
	Past-year STI		Syndemic comorbidities
	59% (n=136)		41% (n=94)
Categorical variables	n	%	n	%
Sociodemographics
Age (years)
18-24	65	48	36	38
25-34	59	43	44	47
35-44	12	9	14	15
At least a high school education	117	86	78	83
Currently employed	87	64	54	57
Individual yearly income
<$10 000	74	54	61	65
$10 000–29 999	47	35	27	29
>$30 000	15	11	6	6
Number of children
0	69	51	46	49
1–2	49	36	34	36
3 or more	18	13	14	15
Current relationship status
Single	92	68	65	69
In a relationship	40	29	26	28
Separated/divorced/widowed/other	4	3	3	3
Sociostructural
Housing instability*	4	3	9	10
Sexual orientation†
Heterosexual	123	90	73	78
Bisexual or gay	13	10	21	22
ACEs
0‡	63	46	12	13
1	33	24	15	16
2	15	11	15	16
3 to 9	25	18	52	55
Emotional abuse‡	15	11	37	40
Physical abuse‡	3	2	21	23
Sexual abuse‡	6	4	31	35
Emotional neglect‡	30	22	41	45
Physical neglect‡	15	11	28	31
Witness maternal abuse‡	10	7	23	25
Household substance misuse‡	24	18	37	41
Household mental health problems‡	17	13	32	34
Parental separation or divorced‡	40	30	48	51
Incarcerated household member†	21	16	30	32
Syndemic comorbidities
Depressive symptoms (past week)‡	20	15	85	90
STI (≥1 in past year)*	70	51	35	37
Adult sexual victimisation‡	26	19	67	71
Substance misuse (past 6 months)‡	34	25	50	53
Severe/extreme PTSD (past month)‡	2	1	62	66
Harmful drinking (past year)‡	19	14	34	36

Source: November 2015–May 2018.
* P value ≤0.05.
†P value ≤0.01.
‡P value ≤0.001 using the χ² statistic.
ACEs, adverse childhood experiences; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; Source, November 2015-May 2018.