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Table 3 Odds ratios for low maternal education, SES based on occupation and being single among children with different learning and coordination disorders, birth cohorts 1996–2007

From: Social risk factors for speech, scholastic and coordination disorders: a nationwide register-based study

 

Maternal characteristic

No college education

Single at the time of birth

Other SES than white collar

Learning and coordination disorder

OR (95% CI) a

OR (95% CI) a

OR (95% CI) a

Any LCD

Univariate

1.85 (1.80–1.90)

1.63 (1.54–1.72)

1.52 (1.48–1.56)

Multivariate

1.62 (1.57–1.68)

1.37 (1.29–1.45)

1.24 (1.20–1.28)

Speech disorder

Univariate

1.74 (1.67–1.83)

1.36 (1.24–1.48)

1.46 (1.39–1.52)

Multivariate

1.57 (1.49–1.66)

1.19 (1.08–1.31)

1.21 (1.15–1.28)

Scholastic disorder

Univariate

1.8 (1.67–1.95)

1.92 (1.65–2.24)

1.44 (1.33–1.55)

Multivariate

1.61 (1.47–1.77)

1.62 (1.37–1.91)

1.15 (1.06–1.26)

Coordination disorder

Univariate

1.17 (1.07–1.28)

1.67 (1.39–2.00)

1.06 (0.96–1.16)

Multivariate

1.11 (1.00–1.24)

1.56 (1.28–1.89)

0.98 (0.88–1.09)

Mixed disorder or > 2 diagnostic classes

Univariate

2.26 (2.16–2.38)

1.83 (1.68–1.99)

1.78 (1.70–1.87)

Multivariate

1.89 (1.79–2.01)

1.44 (1.31–1.58)

1.37 (1.30–1.45)

  1. Abbreviations: LCD learning and coordination disorder, SES socioeconomic status, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aCalculated using conditional logistic regression analyses. All associations were significant at p ≤ 0.001 except for coordination disorder: other maternal SES than white collar univariate: p = 0.24, multivariate: p = 0.70 and no maternal college education multivariate p = 0.06. For number of subjects, see Table 2