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. 2018 Jun 20;13(6):e0198482. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198482

Table 1. Uni- and multivariate logistic regression analyses with related odds ratios for provision of special educational support for all children registered in the Danish compulsory school in the school-year 2015/2016.

Label Logistic regression analysis
Received special education support (n = 21,762; 3.53%)
Univariate analysis
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
n = 615,7891
Multivariate analysis
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
n = 612,389
Gestational age (weeks)
< 28 (n = 930; 0.15%) vs 40

7.18** (6.09–8.48)

6.18** (5.17–7.39)
28–31 (n = 3,798; 0.62) vs 40 3.36** (3.01–3.75) 2.64** (2.35–2.98)
32–34 (n = 9,943; 1.61%) vs 40 2.06** (1.89–2.24) 1.73** (1.58–1.90)
35–36 (n = 19,115; 3.10%) vs 40 1.55** (1.45–1.67) 1.40** (1.30–1.51)
37–38 (n = 89,528; 14.54%) vs 40 1.30** (1.24–1.35) 1.23** (1.18–1.29)
39 (n = 115,369; 18.74%) vs 40 1.10** (1.06–1.15) 1.07* (1.03–1.12)
40 (n = 162,169; 26.34%) 1 1
41 (n = 138,712; 22.53%) vs 40 0.95* (0.91–0.99) 0.97 (0.93–1.01)
> = 42 (n = 76,225; 12.38%) vs 40 1.05 (1.00–1.10) 1.02 (0.97–1.07)
Gender
Male (n = 316,215; 51.35%) vs Female

2.75** (2.67–2.84)

2.82** (2.73–2.90)
Section
Yes (n = 126,968; 20.62%) vs No

1.22** (1.18–1.26)

1.09** (1.05–1.13)
Multiple births
Yes (26,199; 4.25%) vs No

1.04 (0.97–1.11)

0.67** (0.62–0.72)
Birth weight SDS2
-1SDS to -2 SDS (n = 89,586; 14.55%) vs above -1SDS

1.45** (1.40–1.50)

1.35** (1.30–1.40)
-2SDS to -3SDS (n = 16,991; 2.76%) vs above -1SDS 2.33** (2.20–2.48) 1.96** (1.84–2.08)
Below -3 SDS (n = 2,619; 0.43%) vs above -1SDS 4.20** (3.73–4.73) 2.74** (2.41–3.12)
Parents education
Low (n = 55,273; 9.03%) vs High

5.68** (5.46–5.92)

5.44** (5.23–5.67)
Middel (n = 296,531; 48.42%) vs High 2.11** (2.04–2.18) 2.06** (1.99–2.14)

** p<0.0001

* p<0.05

1 All analyses included 615,789 children except the analyses regarding parent’s educational level where only 612,389 children were included.

2 SDS indicates standard deviation score for birth weight by gestation.