Table 3.
Parental characteristics associated with ASD case status using Logistic Regression
| N (%)
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Unadjusted
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Adjusted
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| Cases | Controls | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
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| PATERNALa | ||||||
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| Technical | 107 (51%) | 43 (57%) | 0.71 (0.40, 1.26) | 0.25 | 0.98 (0.50, 1.94) | 0.96 |
| White-collar | 149 (71%) | 47 (60%) | 1.43 (0.76, 2.70) | 0.26 | ||
| Teratogen Exposure | 75 (36%) | 34 (44%) | 0.65 (0.37, 1.14) | 0.13 | 0.66 (0.34, 1.25) | 0.20 |
| Education (≥ 16) | 130 (12%) | 46 (59%) | 1.12 (0.66, 1.90) | 0.68 | ||
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| MATERNALb | ||||||
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| Technical | 33 (16%) | 8 (10%) | 1.60 (0.69, 3.75) | 0.28 | 1.78 (0.73, 4.34) | 0.21 |
| White-collar | 126 (60%) | 41 (53%) | 1.85 (0.75, 4.53) | 0.18 | 2.31 (0.89, 6.02) | 0.09 |
| Teratogen Exposure | 23 (25%) | 7 (9%) | 1.16 (0.47, 2.82) | 0.75 | ||
| Education (≥ 16) | 119 (56%) | 49 (63%) | 0.76 (0.45, 1.30) | 0.33 | ||
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| BOTH PARENTSc | ||||||
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| Technical | 18 (9%) | 5 (6%) | 1.30 (0.45, 3.75) | 0.62 | 1.74 (0.58, 5.20) | 0.33 |
| White-collar | 94 (45%) | 31 (40%) | 1.26 (0.57, 2.75) | 0.57 | ||
| Teratogen Exposure | 10 (5%) | 3 (4%) | 1.20 (0.32, 4.50) | 0.79 | ||
| Education (≥ 16) | 99 (47%) | 41 (53%) | 0.80 (0.47, 1.34) | 0.39 | ||
a
Adjusting for risk of teratogen exposures and child’s age, sex, race
b
Adjusting for white-collar classification and child’s age, sex, race
c
Adjusting for age, sex, and race
Paternal technical occupation missing for 45 participants
Paternal white-collar information missing for 46 participants
Paternal chemical exposures risk missing for 45 participants
Father’s college education missing for 14 participants
Maternal technical occupation missing for 112 participants
Maternal white-collar information missing for 112 participants
Maternal chemical exposures risk missing for 27 participants
Mother’s college education missing for 14 participants