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. 2010 Apr 11;46(7):549–558. doi: 10.1007/s00127-010-0221-3

Table 2.

Relationship between childhood psychological disorder and any diagnosis at age 45 years, adjusted for childhood SEP and adulthood SEP (N = 9,377)

N % with diagnosis Adjusted for sex Adjusted for sex and childhood SEP Adjusted for sex, childhood SEP, and adulthood SEP
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Childhood mental health
 0 5,111 4.6 1.00 1.00 1.00
 1 2,468 6.5 1.50*** 1.20, 1.88 1.46*** 1.17, 1.84 1.43** 1.14, 1.80
 2 1,127 8.5 2.10*** 1.55, 2.86 2.05*** 1.51, 2.79 1.90*** 1.38, 2.63
 3 or more 671 11.4 3.19*** 2.36, 4.31 3.08*** 2.27, 4.18 2.81*** 2.07, 3.82
Any internalising 7, 11 or 16 years
 No 6,504 5.1 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 2,873 8.1 1.75*** 1.45, 2.12 1.70*** 1.41, 2.07 1.60*** 1.31, 1.95
Any externalising 7, 11 or 16
 No 6,949 5.3 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 2,428 8.1 1.74*** 1.42, 2.11 1.68*** 1.38, 2.05 1.56*** 1.28, 1.92

% and N not weighted: all other analyses imputed and weighted. No significant interactions with: childhood psychological disorder × childhood SEP = 0.673, 0.868, 0.693; internalising × childhood SEP = 0.730; externalising × childhood SEP = 0.776

p = 0.05, ** p = 0.01, *** p = 0.001