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. 2019 Mar 12;50(4):616–624. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719000424

Table 2.

Crude and adjusted hazard ratios and 95% CIs for the risk of psychiatric disorders in PCOS-exposed and PCOS-unexposed offspring

Outcome All Boys Girls
No. of cases Crude Adjusteda No. of cases Crude Adjustedb No. of cases Crude Adjustedb
Exposed/unexposed HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) Exposed/unexposed HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) Exposed/unexposed HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
PCOS-exposed compared with PCOS-unexposed offspring (unrelated)
ADHD 681/5440 1.61 (1.45–1.79) 1.46 (1.31–1.63) 449/3758 1.52 (1.34–1.73) 1.37 (1.19–1.57) 232/1682 1.72 (1.42–2.09) 1.61 (1.31–1.99)
ASD 256/1765 1.79 (1.53–2.09) 1.57 (1.34–1.84) 177/1297 1.61 (1.33–1.95) 1.46 (1.21–1.76) 79/468 2.29 (1.68–3.11) 2.02 (1.45–2.82)
TD/CTD 38/282 1.90 (1.30–2.78) 1.60 (1.08–2.37) 30/220 1.76 (1.12–2.75) 1.54 (0.97–2.43) 8/62 1.69 (0.76–3.73) 1.51 (0.69–3.31)
PCOS-exposed offspring compared with PCOS-unexposed offspring (cousins)
ADHD 681/602 1.50 (1.22–1.84) 1.39 (1.10–1.76) 449/418 1.27 (0.98–1.66) 1.18 (0.86–1.62) 232/184 2.40 (1.57–3.67) 2.27 (1.31–3.93)
ASD 256/202 1.76 (1.29–2.41) 1.49 (1.06–2.10) 177/156 1.81 (1.19–2.75) 1.38 (0.84–2.27) 79/46 2.64 (1.19–5.82) 2.55 (1.08–5.99)
TD/CTD 38/30 1.91 (0.98–3.73) 1.61 (0.77–3.35) 30/23 4.31 (1.52–12.22) 5.00 (1.21–20.71) 8/7 0.92 (0.12–7.26) N/A

ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; ASD, autism spectrum disorders; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome; TD/CTD, Tourette disorder/chronic tic disorders.

N/A = was not possible to fit the adjusted model due to too few cases.

a

Model adjusted for offspring sex and year of birth, maternal age at child's birth, maternal education, maternal region of birth, and maternal and paternal lifetime history of psychiatric disorders.

b

Model adjusted for offspring year of birth, maternal age at child's birth, maternal education, maternal region of birth, and maternal and paternal lifetime history of psychiatric disorders.