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. 2018 Apr 10;28(5):508–520. doi: 10.1017/S2045796018000148

Table 6.

Unadjusted and fully-adjusted odds of being classified as developmentally vulnerable/at-risk on the Australian Early Development Census as an outcome of parental primary psychiatric diagnosis

Mood disorder (n = 268) Substance abuse disorder (n = 229) Anxiety disorder (n = 234) Comorbid disorders (n = 286)
AEDC Domain OR 95% CI pa OR 95% CI pa OR 95% CI pa OR 95% CI pa
Unadjusted results
Physical health & wellbeing 1.87 (1.45–2.41) 0.001 2.65 (2.03–3.45) 0.001 1.50 (1.13–1.99) 0.011 2.22 (1.74–2.83) 0.001
Social competence 1.52 (1.17–1.97) 0.002 2.27 (1.74–2.97) 0.001 1.68 (1.28–2.21) 0.001 2.09 (1.64–2.66) 0.001
Emotional maturity 1.64 (1.27–2.11) 0.001 2.20 (1.69–2.87) 0.001 1.66 (1.27–2.18) 0.001 2.33 (1.84–2.96) 0.001
Communication skills & general knowledge 1.62 (1.24–2.10) 0.001 2.22 (1.70–2.91) 0.001 1.32 (0.99–1.77) 0.06 1.95 (1.53–2.50) 0.001
Language & cognitive skills 1.67 (1.31–2.13) 0.001 2.81 (2.16–3.66) 0.001 1.79 (1.38–2.32) 0.001 2.01 (1.59–2.53) 0.001
Fully-adjustedb results
Physical health & wellbeing 2.24 (1.34–3.73) 0.010 1.92 (1.32–2.79) 0.004 1.22 (0.87–1.71) 0.50 1.74 (1.23–2.47) 0.008
Social competence 1.52 (0.98–2.35) 0.07 1.37 (0.94–1.97) 0.22 1.36 (0.96–1.93) 0.33 1.27 (0.88–1.81) 0.40
Emotional maturity 1.67 (1.09–2.55) 0.07 1.53 (1.06–2.22) 0.10 1.33 (0.97–1.84) 0.33 1.61 (1.14–2.27) 0.019
Communication skills & general knowledge 1.80 (1.11–2.91) 0.07 1.10 (0.72–1.70) 0.65 1.16 (0.82–1.65) 0.50 1.26 (0.88–1.82) 0.40
Language & cognitive skills 1.54 (1.08–2.20) 0.07 1.45 (0.97–2.16) 0.22 1.53 (1.04–2.26) 0.16 1.81 (1.25–2.62) 0.008

OR, Odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; AEDC, Australian Early Development Census.

a

Adjusted p-values after Holm's correction applied.

b

Adjusted for child Aboriginality; parent age; mother's marital status; child's ESL status; and local community socioeconomic disadvantage and remoteness indices.