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. 2023 Dec 27;53(1):dyad184. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyad184

Table 3.

Sex-stratified incidence rates and hazard ratios of neurodevelopmental disorders according to pre-existing maternal and paternal cardiovascular disease: singleton offspring live-born without major malformations in Sweden 1990 to 2019 and in British Columbia, Canada, 1992 to 2019

ADHD
ASD
ID
No. of events Rate a Model 1 HR (95% CI) b Model 2 HR (95% CI) b No. of events Rate a Model 1 HR (95% CI) b Model 2 HR (95% CI) b No. of events Rate a Model 1 HR (95% CI) b Model 2 HR (95% CI) b
Sweden
Male (n=1 380 710)
Composite maternal CVD
 No 95 035 4.9 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 42 413 2.2 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 13 987 0.7 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.)
 Yes 705 7.1 1.32 (1.22–1.42) 1.21 (1.12–1.30) 326 3.2 1.21 (1.08–1.35) 1.14 (1.02–1.27) 80 0.8 1.00 (0.80–1.24) 0.93 (0.75–1.16)
Composite paternal CVD
 No 94 015 4.9 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 41 638 2.2 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 13 718 0.7 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.)
 Yes 820 6.2 1.13 (1.05–1.21) 1.10 (1.03–1.18) 403 3.0 1.14 (1.03–1.26) 1.09 (0.99–1.21) 123 0.9 1.16 (0.97–1.39) 1.12 (0.94–1.34)
Female (n=1 318 891)
Composite maternal CVD
 No 58 320 3.1 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 21 561 1.1 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 8639 0.5 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.)
 Yes 339 3.5 1.23 (1.11–1.37) 1.10 (0.99–1.23) 136 1.4 1.19 (1.00–1.40) 1.08 (0.91–1.28) 52 0.5 1.19 (0.90–1.56) 1.09 (0.83–1.44)
Composite paternal CVD
 No 57 779 3.1 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 21 206 1.1 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 8490 0.5 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.)
 Yes 392 3.1 1.04 (0.94–1.15) 1.00 (0.91–1.11) 173 1.3 1.12 (0.97–1.31) 1.07 (0.92–1.25) 63 0.5 1.08 (0.84–1.39) 1.02 (0.80–1.31)
P for interaction between maternal CVD and offspring sex 0.001 0.001 0.048 0.045 0.783 0.761
P for interaction between paternal CVD and offspring sex 0.001 0.001 0.060 0.065 0.236 0.240
British Columbia, Canada
Male (n=451 770)
Composite maternal CVD
 No 53 231 9.9 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 14 223 2.5 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 2606 0.4 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.)
 Yes 1434 13.3 1.28 (1.21–1.35) 1.14 (1.08–1.21) 449 3.9 1.20 (1.09–1.33) 1.12 (1.01–1.23) 57 0.5 1.05 (0.81–1.36) 0.97 (0.75–1.26)
Composite paternal CVD
 No 49 667 9.8 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 13 053 2.4 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 2418 0.4 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.)
 Yes 749 11.3 1.07 (0.99–1.15) 0.99 (0.92–1.07) 245 3.5 1.04 (0.92–1.19) 1.00 (0.88–1.14) 43 0.6 1.31 (0.96–1.78) 1.26 (0.92–1.71)
Female (n=435 812)
Composite maternal CVD
 No 23 048 4.2 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 4181 0.7 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 1429 0.2 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.)
 Yes 610 5.6 1.31 (1.21–1.42) 1.14 (1.05–1.24) 165 1.5 1.54 (1.31–1.81) 1.34 (1.14–1.57) 40 0.3 1.43 (1.05–1.96) 1.30 (0.95–1.78)
Composite paternal CVD
 No 21 594 4.2 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 3858 0.7 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.) 1360 0.2 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (Ref.)
 Yes 316 4.7 1.08 (0.97–1.21) 0.99 (0.88–1.11) 77 1.1 1.10 (0.87–1.39) 1.00 (0.79–1.27) 9 0.1 0.51 (0.27–0.99) 0.50 (0.26–0.96)
P for interaction between maternal CVD and offspring sex 0.706 0.772 0.010 0.010 0.215 0.187
P for interaction between paternal CVD and offspring sex 0.558 0.581 0.748 0.776 0.007 0.007

ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; ASD, autism spectrum disorder; CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HR, hazard ratio; ID, intellectual disability.

a

Incidence rate per 1000 child-years.

b

Model 1 was minimally adjusted for birth year. Model 2 was further adjusted for mother’s age at delivery, parity, education (Sweden only), region of birth, marital status/cohabitation with partner, smoking during early pregnancy (Sweden only), pre-gestational diabetes, pre-gestational hypertension and parental history of any neurodevelopmental or psychiatric disorders. The estimates for paternal CVD in Model 2 were additionally adjusted for maternal CVD.