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Table 1 Characteristics of children with the Internalizing Problems (IP) or with the Externalizing Problems (EP) compared to controls

From: Associations between maternal stress during pregnancy and offspring internalizing and externalizing problems in childhood

 

Controls without IP (N = 959)

IP (N = 44)

 

Controls vs. IP

Controls without EP (N = 973)

EP (N = 30)

 

Controls vs. EP

   

UOR

d (95% CI)

p

  

UOR

d (95% CI)

p

Age, mean (SD)

9.04 (0.70)

9.20 (0.59)

-1.49a

 

0.137b

 

9.03 (0.72)

0.14a

 

0.885b

Male (n(%))

560 (57.9)

25 (56.8)

0.96 (0.52-1.76)

-0.10 (-0.25-0.05)

0.890

561 (57.7)

19 (63.3)

1.27 (0.60-2.70)

0.06 (-0.13-0.25)

0.536

Region (n(%))

          

  Urban

404 (41.8)

17 (38.6)

ref

  

413 (42.1)

8 (26.7)

ref

  

  Industrial

381 (39.4)

19 (43.2)

1.17 (0.64-2.15)

0.04 (-0.10-0.18)

0.616

384 (39.1)

16 (53.3)

1.78 (0.86-3.68)

0.14 (-0.04-0.32)

0.122

  Rural

182 (18.8)

8 (18.2)

1.04 (0.48-2.28)

0.01 (-0.18-0.20)

0.915

184 (18.8)

6 (20.0)

0.92 (0.37-2.29)

-0.02 (-0.24-0.20)

0.864

Family income (n(%))

          

  Middle or upper

601 (62.2)

26 (59.1)

ref

  

596 (62.6)

13 (43.4)

ref

  

  Lower

366 (37.8)

18 (40.9)

1.14 (0.62-2.10)

0.03 (-0.12-0.18)

0.683

356 (37.4)

17 (56.7)

2.19 (1.05-4.56)

0.19 (0.01-0.37)

0.036*

Paternal education (n(%))

          

  High school degree or lower

514 (53.2)

28 (64.3)

1.59 (0.83-3.02)

0.11 (-0.04-0.26)

0.161

523 (53.3)

20 (65.5)

1.67 (0.77-3.62)

0.12 (-0.07-0.31)

0.198

  College degree or higher

453 (46.8)

16 (35.7)

ref

  

458 (46.7)

10 (34.5)

ref

  

Maternal education (n(%))

          

  High school degree or lower

647 (66.9)

31 (71.4)

1.23 (0.62-2.44)

0.05 (-0.12-0.22)

0.550

656 (66.9)

23 (75.9)

1.55 (0.66-3.68)

0.10 (-0.11-0.31)

0.316

  College degree or higher

320 (33.1)

13 (28.6)

ref

  

325 (33.1)

7 (24.1)

ref

  
  1. at-statistics; bresult of independent t-test, others are the results of binary logistic regression analyses; UOR, unadjusted odd ratio; ref, reference group; *p <0.05.