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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2016 Jul 22;82:126–135. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.07.017

Table 2.

Demographics of individuals with a chronic tic disorder exposed and unexposed to pre- and perinatal complicationsa

Variable Exposed individuals Unexposed individuals

N % N % OR 95% CI OR χ2 Pb
Matched sample size
 At least one pregnancy complication 150 100% 150 100%
 At least one delivery complication 170 100% 204 100%
 At least one neonatal complication 203 100% 288 100%
Participants <18 years old
 At least one pregnancy complication 95 63.3 99 66.0 0.89 0.55–1.43 0.23 0.72
 At least one delivery complication 95 55.9 113 55.4 1.02 0.68–1.54 0.01 1
 At least one neonatal complication 148 72.9 210 72.9 0.99 0.67–1.49 <0.01 1
Male
 At least one pregnancy complication 103 68.7 102 68.0 0.97 0.59–1.58 0.02 1
 At least one delivery complication 106 62.4 133 65.2 1.13 0.74–1.73 0.32 0.59
 At least one neonatal complication 143 70.4 204 70.8 1.02 0.69–1.51 0.01 1
Race white
 At least one pregnancy complication 146 97.3 141 94.0 2.33 0.70–7.74 2.01 0.26
 At least one delivery complication 161 94.7 193 94.6 1.02 0.41–2.52 <0.01 1
 At least one neonatal complication 189 93.1 270 93.8 0.90 0.44–1.85 0.08 0.85

Mean SD Range Mean SD Range df t P

Mean age in years
 At least one pregnancy complication 20.3 13.6 6–68 20.3 13.7 6–66 298 −0.04 0.97
 At least one delivery complication 24.2 16.8 3–74 24.3 16.9 6–76 372 0.05 0.96
 At least one neonatal complication 17.6 12.5 3–65 17.8 12.5 4–66 489 0.14 0.89
SESc
 At least one pregnancy complication 5.15 1.36 1–7 5.18 1.32 1–7 289 0.24 0.81
 At least one delivery complication 4.95 1.38 1–7 4.83 1.43 1–7 359 −0.81 0.42
 At least one neonatal complication 5.31 1.28 1–7 5.12 1.33 1–7 476 −1.52 0.13

df, degrees of freedom; SES, socioeconomic status

a

Groups were propensity matched on age and sex

b

Comparisons were done using Pearson’s chi-square test with one degree of freedom

c

Based on parents’ education level (1= less than 7 years of schooling to 7= graduate/professional degree)