Table 4.

Odds Ratios of Scoring in the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) Borderline-to-Clinical Range by Dichotomous Perinatal Steroid (PNS) Exposure Group

	% Scoring in Borderline-to-Clinical Range
CBCL Scale	Low–No PNS(n = 25)	High PNS(n = 20)	MH cOR
Internalizing, Externalizing
Total Problems scalea
Externalizing	28	20	0.6
Internalizing	32	20	0.5
CBCL total	32	20	0.5
Competence scaleb
Social	25	22	0.9
School	15	28	2.2
Activities	40	47c	1.3
Total competence	40	44	1.3
Syndrome scaled
Anxious/Depressed	24	10	0.4
Withdrawn/Depressed	20	25	1.3
Somatic problems	16	15	0.9
Attention problems	20	25	1.3
Aggressive behavior	12	10	0.8
Social problems	15	22	1.6
Thought problems	25	11	0.4
Rule-breaking	10	17	1.8
DSM-oriented scaled
Affective problems	16	15	0.9
Anxiety problems	32	15	0.4
Somatic Problems	17c	15	0.8
ADHD problems	28	20	0.6
Oppositional defiant	4	5	1.3
Conduct problems	5	17	3.8

Note. The low–no PNS group was exposed to ≤ 0.2 mg/kg dexamethasone (DEX) prior to 40 weeks’ postconceptional age (PCA); the high PNS group was exposed to >0.2 mg/kg DEX prior to 40 weeks’ PCA. MH cOR = Mantel–Haenszel crude odds ratio (none reached a level of statistical significance); DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual; ADHD = Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

^aBorderline-to-clinical range for CBCL Total Problems scales is >59.

^bBorderline-to-clinical range for CBCL Competence scale is <35.

^cOne parent refused to answer.

^dBoderline-to-clinical range for CBCL Syndrome Problems and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-Oriented Problems scales is >64.