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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Disord. 2012 Oct;26(5):737–750. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.5.737

Table 2.

Infant-related risk factors for later diagnosis of personality disorder: individuals with personality disorder (PD) compared with FPE and general population controls

Risk factor Individuals with PD, n (%) FPE controls, n (%) Adjusted OR for PD compared with FPE controls (95% CI)* General population controls, n (%) Adjusted OR for PD compared with general population controls (95% CI)**
Immaturity, NOS 22 (14.7%) 5 (5.2%) 3.1 (1.2–8.8) 71 (4.8%) 3.4 (2.1–5.7)
Birth weight, g
 <2500 15 (10.2%) 3 (3.1%) 2.6 (0.7–9.6) 49 (3.3%) 3.3 (1.8–6.1)
Asphyxia, anoxia 17 (11.3%) 7 (7.2%) 1.5 (0.6–3.8) 76 (5.1%) 2.4 (1.4–4.1)
Small for gestational age 13 (8.8%) 8 (8.2%) 1.1 (0.4–2.7) 54 (3.7%) 2.5 (1.3–4.7)
Small head circumference 39 (26.7%) 16 (16.7%) 1.8 (0.9–3.5) 277 (18.8%) 1.6 (1.1 – 2.3)
Neonatal jaundice 3 (2.0%) 1 (1.0%) 2.0 (0.2–20.5) 7 (0.5%) 4.3 (1.1–16.9)
Apgar score <7 at 5 minutes 4 (3.8%) 4 (5.1%) 0.7 (0.2–3.0) 17 (1.5%) 2.4 (0.7–7.8)
Perinatal trauma 8 (5.3%) 6 (6.2%) 0.9 (0.3–2.5) 50 (3.4%) 1.6 (0.7–3.7)
*

Adjusted by gender of infant.

**

Cases and controls were matched by gender and year of birth.