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. 2019 Jan 21;19:34. doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2023-9

Table 2.

Comorbidities between neurological disorders with externalising and internalising psychiatric disorders

N = 1070 Enuresis/ Encopresis n(%) CI, p-value Motor/vocal tics Epilepsy Any neurological disorder
n 107 57 43 198
Externalising disorder 20 (18.7%) 5 (8.8%) 4 (9.3%) 28 (14.1)
(12.4, 27.3) (3.6, 19.5) (3.6, 19.5) (9.9, 19.7)
P < 0.001 P = 0.9 P = 0.9 P = 0.01
Internalising disorder 39 (36.4%) 14 (24.6%) 14 (32.6%) 63 (31.8%)
(27.8, 46.0) (15.0, 37.4) (20.1, 25.2) (25.7, 38.7)
P < 0.001 P = 0.8 P = 0.1 P = 0.001

Externalising includes; any ADHD, ODD, CD, callous unemotional by symptom frequency, or clinically significant or interferes with function

Internalising; MDD, persistent dysthymia, GAD, panic disorder, specific phobia, PTSD, any social anxiety, separation anxiety,