Table 3.
Associations to autism for assessed psychiatric disorders from binomial logistic regression models for each co-occurring condition
| Core autism cohort | Extended autism cohort | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted odds ratio | 95% CI | p | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% CI | p | |
| Psychiatric conditions | ||||||
| Any studied psychiatric condition | 2.83 | 2.68–2.99 | <0.001* | 2.38 | 2.03–2.78 | <0.001* |
| ADHD | 10.74 | 9.07–12.79 | <0.001* | 7.82 | 5.24–11.35 | <0.001* |
| Alcohol misuse | 1.25 | 1.09–1.43 | 0.036* | 1.25 | 0.82–1.81 | 1.000 |
| Anxiety | 1.90 | 1.78–2.03 | <0.001* | 2.26 | 1.89–2.69 | <0.001* |
| Bipolar disorder | 10.51 | 7.94–14.10 | <0.001* | 7.84 | 4.26–13.53 | <0.001* |
| Depression | 1.65 | 1.55–1.76 | <0.001* | 1.99 | 1.68–2.35 | <0.001* |
| Drug misuse | 1.50 | 1.31–1.72 | <0.001* | 1.11 | 0.68–1.70 | 1.000 |
| OCD | 9.49 | 7.42–12.26 | <0.001* | 9.07 | 5.44–14.46 | <0.001* |
| Psychosis | 10.15 | 9.17–11.26 | <0.001* | 4.93 | 3.78–6.35 | <0.001* |
| Schizophrenia | 8.24 | 6.89–9.90 | <0.001* | 7.44 | 4.98–10.79 | <0.001* |
| Neurological conditions | ||||||
| Any studied neurological condition | 1.48 | 1.38–1.58 | <0.001 | 1.40 | 1.15–1.70 | 0.015* |
| Cluster headache | 1.47 | 0.80–2.61 | 1.000 | – | – | – |
| Epilepsy | 9.21 | 7.99–10.64 | <0.001* | 7.15 | 5.19–9.66 | <0.001* |
| Migraine headache | 1.04 | 0.91–1.19 | 1.000 | 0.97 | 0.66–1.39 | 1.000 |
| Tension headache | 0.68 | 0.51–0.89 | 0.206 | 1.16 | 0.59–2.02 | 1.000 |
OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; bipolar, bipolar disorder; anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder plus phobias; ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Outcomes for associations with autism from binomial logistic regressions models incorporating age, sex, WIMD locality and all other conditions as co-variates. No cases of cluster headache in the extended cohort.
All significance figures adjusted for 30 tests. *Indicates significance at p < 0.05.