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Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Jan;43(1):25–33. doi: 10.1007/s10803-012-1540-x

Table 4.

Multivariate adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for the association between maternal fever during each trimester of pregnancy and developmental categories. The California CHARGE Study, 2003–2010

	Developmental outcome
	ASD		DD
	wOR	(95 % CI)	wOR	(95 % CI)
Exposure to fever by trimester of pregnancy^a
First	2.23	(0.97, 5.11)	1.79	(0.60, 5.37)
Second	2.60	(1.14, 5.95)	1.83	(0.63, 5.29)
Third	1.45	(0.59, 3.53)	2.62	(0.92, 7.45)

Each trimester was modeled separately, with adjustment for maternal anti-pyretic medication use, place of residence, type of insurance coverage, race/ethnicity, child age, and child’s sex