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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Early Hum Dev. 2006 Sep 26;83(7):451–458. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.08.006

Table 3.

Predictors of sleep problems at 18 months

B (S.E.) OR (95% CI) Wald
Pregnancy/obstetric risks
Birthweight for gestational age − 0.002 (0.002) 1.00 (0.99–1.003) 0.79
Smoking 0.01
 Yes/any − 0.01 (0.08) 0.99 (0.85–1.16)
Alcohol 0.002
 > 1 unit/day − 0.01 (0.25) 0.97 (0.60–1.62)
Psychosocial factors
Crowding 0.04 (0.05) 1.05 (0.95–1.15) 0.85
Educational attainment 44.24
 Vocational − 0.08 (0.11) 0.93 (0.74–1.16)
 O level − 0.33 (0.09) 0.72 (0.60–0.86)
 A level − 0.47 (0.10) 0.62 (0.51–0.76)
 Degree − 0.64 (0.12) 0.53 (0.41–0.66)
Female − 0.04 (0.06) 0.96 (0.86–1.07) 0.55
Maternal age − 0.03 (0.01) 0.97 (0.96–0.99) 18.45
Prenatal mood
Anxiety
18 weeks 13.58
 Yes 0.39 (0.11) 1.47 (1.20–1.80)
32 weeks 0.56
 Yes − 0.08 (0.11) 0.92 (0.75–1.14)
Depression
18 weeks 0.50
 Yes 0.07 (0.10) 1.08 (0.88–1.31)
32 weeks 13.14
 Yes 0.36 (0.10) 1.43 (1.18–1.73)
Postnatal mood
Anxiety
8 weeks 6.77
 Yes 0.35 (0.14) 1.43 (1.09–1.86)
8 months 1.88
 Yes 0.18 (0.13) 1.19 (0.93–1.54)
Depression
8 weeks 0.03
 Yes 0.02 (0.12) 1.02 (0.81–1.29)
8 months 0.71
 Yes 0.11 (0.13) 1.11 (0.87–1.43)

For educational attainment, minimal education is the control condition. p < 0.01, p < 0.001; n = 7458.