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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;47(4):390–398. doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31816429c2

Table 3.

Depression in fathers and later child psychiatric diagnoses

Diagnosis % in depressed
fathers group		 % in non-
depressed group		 O.R. (95% C.I.)
n=5924		 Adj. OR (95% C.I.)
n=5924*
Any diagnosis 11.9 6.3 2.01
(1.28, 3.14)		 1.66
(1.05, 2.63)
p=0.030
Any ADHD disorder 3.1 1.9 1.63
(0.71, 3.76)		 1.35
(0.58, 3.16)
p=0.488
Any oppositional /
conduct disorder		 6.7 2.9 2.41
(1.34, 4.32)		 1.97
(1.08, 3.58)
p=0.026
Any anxiety disorder 4.6 2.7 1.74
(0.87, 3.46)		 1.33
(0.66, 2.70)
p=0.421
Any depressive disorder 0.5 0.4 1.34
(0.18, 10.02)		 0.94
(0.12, 7.26)
p=0.954
*

adjusted for effects of paternal educational level, and effect of depression in partner using Multiple Imputation with Chained Equations (MICE).