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. 2019 Jun 27;9:9356. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45562-9

Table 2.

Associations Between Quintile of Overall and Trimester-specific Antenatal Exposure to UVB and Learning Disability, Scotland, 2000–2010.

Trimester 1 Trimester 2 Trimester 3 Whole pregnancy
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Univariate 1 (lowest) Referent Referent Referent Referent
2 0.98 (0.96–1.01) 0.16 1.00 (0.98–1.03) 0.96 1.05 (1.02–1.07) <0.01 1.03 (0.98–1.03) 0.80
3 1.02 (1.00–1.05) 0.07 1.12 (1.10–1.15) <0.01 1.07 (1.04–1.09) <0.01 1.09 (1.06–1.12) <0.01
4 1.02 (1.00–1.05) 0.06 1.23 (1.20–1.26) <0.01 1.03 (1.00–1.05) 0.04 1.21 (1.18–1.24) <0.01
5 (highest) 0.95 (0.93–0.97) <0.01 1.20 (1.17–1.23) <0.01 0.99 (0.96–1.01) 0.26 1.18 (1.15–1.21) <0.01
Multivariate* 1 (lowest) Referent Referent Referent Referent
2 0.98 (0.93–1.04) 0.50 0.96 (0.91–1.02) 0.16 1.14 (1.08–1.20) <0.01 0.90 (0.86–0.95) <0.01
3 0.98 (0.91–1.07) 0.67 0.79 (0.72–0.87) <0.01 1.33 (1.21–1.47) <0.01 0.75 (0.70–0.80) <0.01
4 0.77 (0.70–0.86) <0.01 0.65 (0.58–0.72) <0.01 0.96 (0.86–1.080) 0.52 0.64 (0.59–0.69) <0.01
5 (highest) 0.58 (0.52–0.65) <0.01 0.42 (0.37–0.48) <0.01 0.48 (0.42–0.55) <0.01 0.56 (0.51–0.61) <0.01
Multivariate** 1 (lowest) Referent Referent Referent Referent
2 0.98 (0.93–1.04) 0.47 0.96 (0.91–1.02) 0.15 1.14 (1.08–1.20) <0.01 0.90 (0.86–0.95) <0.01
3 0.98 (0.90–1.06) 0.55 0.79 (0.72–0.86) <0.01 1.34 (1.21–1.48) <0.01 0.74 (0.69–0.79) <0.01
4 0.77 (0.69–0.85) <0.01 0.64 (0.57–0.72) <0.01 0.96 (0.86–1.07) 0.47 0.64 (0.59–0.69) <0.01
5 (highest) 0.57 (0.51–0.64) <0.01 0.42 (0.37–0.47) <0.01 0.48 (0.41–0.54) <0.01 0.55 (0.51–0.60) <0.01
Multivariate*** 1 (lowest) Referent Referent Referent Referent
2 0.95 (0.89–1.01) 0.10 0.91 (0.85–0.98) 0.01 1.04 (0.98–1.11) 0.24 0.84 (0.80–0.88) <0.01
3 0.61 (0.54–0.68) <0.01 0.67 (0.60–0.74) <0.01 1.14 (1.03–1.27) 0.02 0.61 (0.57–0.66) <0.01
4 0.43 (0.38–0.50) <0.01 0.50 (0.44–0.56) <0.01 0.86 (0.76–0.97) 0.01 0.55 (0.51–0.60) <0.01
5 (highest) 0.34 (0.30–0.40) <0.01 0.34 (0.30–0.39) <0.01 0.45 (0.39–0.52) <0.01 0.50 (0.46–0.55) <0.01
Multivariate**** 1 (lowest) Referent Referent Referent
2 0.88 (0.82–0.94) <0.01 0.96 (0.90–1.03) 0.26 1.06 (1.00–1.13) 0.07
3 0.64 (0.57–0.73) <0.01 0.70 (0.63–0.78) <0.01 0.96 (0.84–1.09) 0.51
4 0.44 (0.37–0.51) <0.01 0.52 (0.46–0.59) <0.01 0.63 (0.54–0.73) <0.01
5 *highest 0.38 (0.32–0.44) <0.01 0.36 (0.32–0.42) <0.01 0.33 (0.28–0.39) <0.01

CI confidence interval; OR odds ratio.

*Adjusted for month of conception; **also adjusted for child’s sex; ***also adjusted for UVA; ****also adjusted for UVB in other trimesters.