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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicology. 2009 Feb 10;30(5):822–831. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.01.011

Table 3.

Crude associations between factors that could be a proxy for socioeconomic status and ASD five years later for 4,779 children.

Factor (2000) ASD
Reference OR (95% CI)
Type of building n (%) SH n (%) MH n (%)
 2000 52 (1.3) 1.0 15 (1.9) 1.42 (0.80-2.53)
 2005 55 (1.3) 1.0 13 (2.4) 1.79 (0.97-3.29)
Size of the home (m2) >150 75-150 <75
 2000 11 (1.1) 1.0 54 (1.6) 1.47 (0.77-2.83) 6 (1.8) 1.70 (0.62-4.63)
 2005 14 (1.1) 1.0 52 (1.6) 1.54 (0.85-2.78) 3 (2.2) 2.15 (0.61-7.58)
Divorce2 No Yes
 2000 61 (1.4) 1.0 10 (3.1) 2.22 (1.13-4.37)
 2005 43 (1.1) 1.0 28 (2.9) 2.62 (1.62-4.24)
Economical problem3 2005 No Yes
51 (1.2) 20 (3.7) 3.11 (1.84-5.27)
Smoking in family No Yes
 Any smoker in family 51 (1.4) 1.0 21 (2.0) 1.49 (0.89-2.48)
 Smoking mother 54 (1.3) 1.0 18 (2.7) 2.06 (1.20-3.53)
 Smoking father 60 (1.4) 1.0 12 (2.4) 1.75 (0.94-3.28)
Smoking during first year No Yes, but stopped Yes
 Mother 56 (1.4) 1.0 1 (1.9) 1.37 (0.19-10.08) 15 (2.9) 2.09 (1.17-3.72)
 Father 51 (1.4) 1.0 2 (3.3) 2.47 (0.59-10.39) 12 (2.2) 1.66 (0.88-3.13)
Smoking during pregnancy No Yes, but stopped Yes
 Mother 55 (1.4) 1.0 6 (2.3) 1.62 (0.69-3.80) 11 (2.9) 2.09 (1.08-4.03)
 Father 50 (1.3) 1.0 1 (2.0) 1.47 (0.20-10.86) 13 (2.3) 1.73 (0.93-3.20)
Any smoking in mother4 No Yes
51 (1.4) 1.0 21 (2.4) 1.76 (1.05-2.94)
Smoking in family 2005 No Yes
 Any smoker in family 52 (1.4) 1.0 20 (2.2) 1.64 (0.98-2.76)
 Smoking mother 57 (1.4) 1.0 15 (2.5) 1.82 (1.02-3.24)
 Smoking father 63 (1.5) 1.0 9 (2.3) 1.58 (0.78-3.21)
1)

Trends in data estimated with linear by linear associations (p<0,05).

2)

In 2000 there was no question on divorce but on how many adults that normally lived in the home (1, 2, 3 or more). In 2005 there was a question on if the child lived with both biological parents (Yes vs. No).

3)

Have your family had problems with paying bills during the last 12 months.

4)

Any mother smoking (current smoking, during pregnancy and/or during child's first year).