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. 2020 Apr 24;35(9):879–889. doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00632-5

Table 3.

Association between receiving vaccinations at age two and five years and maternal mental illness

Up to date vaccinations at Number vaccinated (%) Number not vaccinated (%) Unadjusted model Adjusted model-1a Adjusted model-2b
OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI)a p value OR (95% CI)b p value
2 Year
Unexposed to maternal mental illness 338,398 (88.0) 46,116 (12.0) REF REF REF
Exposed to any maternal mental illness 82,361 (86.3) 13,074 (13.7) 0.86 (0.84–0.88) < 0.001 0.86 (0.84–0.88) < 0.001 0.86 (0.84–0.88) < 0.001
Psychotic disorder 973 (86.9) 147 (13.1) 0.90 (0.75–1.08) 0.267 0.86 (0.71–1.03) 0.103 0.85 (0.70–1.02) 0.088
Depressive disorder 67,241 (86.1) 10,821 (13.9) 0.85 (0.83–0.87) < 0.001 0.86 (0.84–0.88) < 0.001 0.86 (0.84–0.88) < 0.001
Anxiety disorder 25,052 (86.6) 3880 (13.4) 0.88 (0.85–0.91) < 0.001 0.86 (0.83–0.89) < 0.001 0.86 (0.82–0.89) < 0.001
Eating disorder 738 (86.4) 116 (13.6) 0.87 (0.71–1.06) 0.174 0.94 (0.77–1.16) 0.579 0.94 (0.76–1.15) 0.533
Personality disorder 430 (86.0) 70 (14.0) 0.84 (0.65–1.09) 0.181 0.75 (0.58–0.98) 0.037 0.74 (0.57–0.97) 0.029
Substance and alcohol abuse 1218 (78.6) 331 (21.4) 0.50 (0.44–0.57) < 0.001 0.50 (0.44–0.58) < 0.001 0.50 (0.44–0.57) < 0.001
5 Year
Unexposed to maternal mental illness 188,399 (82.3) 40,595 (17.7) REF REF REF
Exposed to any maternal mental illness 77,569 (79.9) 19,519 (20.1) 0.86 (0.84–0.87) < 0.001 0.86 (0.84–0.88) < 0.001 0.85 (0.84–0.87) < 0.001
Psychotic disorder 1024 (77.6) 295 (22.4) 0.75 (0.65–0.86) < 0.001 0.71 (0.62–0.82) < 0.001 0.71 (0.61–0.81) < 0.001
Depressive disorder 63,302 (79.8) 16,053 (20.2) 0.85 (0.83–0.87) < 0.001 0.86 (0.84–0.88) < 0.001 0.85 (0.83–0.87) < 0.001
Anxiety disorder 29,291 (79.7) 7453 (20.3) 0.85 (0.82–0.87) < 0.001 0.84 (0.82–0.87) < 0.001 0.84 (0.81–0.86) < 0.001
Eating disorder 884 (78.7) 240 (21.4) 0.79 (0.68–0.93) 0.004 0.83 (0.71–0.98) 0.024 0.83 (0.71–0.99) 0.018
Personality disorder 454 (76.4) 140 (23.6) 0.70 (0.57–0.85) < 0.001 0.64 (0.52–0.78) < 0.001 0.63 (0.51–0.77) < 0.001
Substance and alcohol abuse 1354 (70.0) 580 (30.0) 0.50 (0.45–0.56) < 0.001 0.50 (0.45–0.56) < 0.001 0.50 (0.45–0.55) < 0.001

aAdjusted for sex of the child, child ethnicity delivery year, maternal age, practice level deprivation quintile and region

bAdjusted for all variables in model one, plus number of GP visits nine months prior to the birth

See supplementary Tables 4 and 5 for estimates relating to adjusted variables