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Table 3 Associations between case-level anxiety and depression, and dichotomous exposures in the birth journals

From: An investigation of factors identified at birth in relation to anxiety and depression in old age: the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)

 

Case-level anxiety (%)

Controls (%)

Age- and gender-adjusted OR (95% CI)

Case-level depression (%)

Controls (%)

Age- and gender-adjusted OR (95% CI)

Mother’s condition after birth (% poor)

22.4

7.8

5.29 ***

7.9

10.1

1.00

   

(2.30-12.19)

  

(0.28-3.54)

Tuberculosis in family (% yes)

8.6

11.2

0.69

5.3

11.4

0.42

   

(0.25-1.85)

  

(0.10-1.81)

CVD in family (% yes)

10.3

11.8

0.93

2.6

12.5

0.18

   

(0.37-2.34)

  

(0.02-1.34)

Mother’s condition at discharge (% poor)

36.2

21.0%

2.05 *

34.2

22.0

1.75

   

(1.11-3.77)

  

(0.85-3.60)

Complications birth (% yes)

10.3

9.5

1.04

18.4

8.7

2.35

   

(0.41-2.64)

  

(0.95-5.82)

Father’s occupation (% unskilled/manual)

55.2

60.1

0.75

76.3

57.6

2.36 *

   

(0.42-1.32)

  

(1.08-5.15)

Unmarried (% yes)

8.6

3.2

2.50

7.9

3.5

2.23

   

(0.81-7.75)

  

(0.59-8.42)

Teeth lower jaw a (% poor)

57.1

58.0

0.89

52.6

58.4

0.83

   

(0.49-1.60)

  

(0.42-1.64)

Payment b (% not insurance)

59.1

56.7

1.08

62.5

56.4

1.21

   

(0.54-2.16)

  

(0.55-2.66)

Number of diseases (>1)

25.9

30.8

0.76

31.6

29.9

1.11

   

(0.40-1.47)

  

(0.53-2.31)

N

58

348

406

38

368

406

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
  2. aN=394 (Males N=181 and females N=213).
  3. bN=289 (Males N=135 and females N=154).