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. 2018 Oct 15;26(1):341–349. doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0248-5

Table 2.

Proportion of BPD and ADHD in individuals with the other diagnosis, and in individuals whose relatives have the other diagnosis

No. of individuals

Proportion of BPD—outcome

Percent (95% CI)

Proportion of ADHD—outcome

Percent (95% CI)

No ADHD ADHD No BPD BPD
Within individual
 Both sexesa 2,113,902 0.3% (0.3–0.3) 3.6% (3.4–3.7) 3.8% (3.8–3.8) 30.9% (30.0–31.9)
 Females onlya 1,031,987 0.6% (0.6–0.6) 8.0% (7.7–8.3) 2.7% (2.7–2.8) 29.6% (28.6–30.5)
 Males onlya 1,081,915 0.1% (0.1–0.1) 1.0% (0.9–1.0) 4.8% (4.7–4.8) 40.1% (37.4–42.8)
Full siblings No. of pairsb
 Both sexes 2,211,396 0.4% (0.4–0.4) 0.9% (0.9–1.0) 3.4% (3.4–3.4) 7.8% (7.2–8.4)
 Female outcome female exposure 523,464 0.7% (0.7–0.7) 1.9% (1.6–2.1) 2.6% (2.5–2.6) 6.6% (5.8–7.4)
 Female outcome male exposure 552,516 0.7% (0.7–0.8) 1.5% (1.3–1.7) 2.6% (2.6–2.7) 8.6% (6.2–11.0)
 Male outcome female exposure 552,516 0.1% (0.1–0.1) 0.3% (0.2–0.4) 4.2% (4.2–4.3) 8.4% (7.6–9.3)
 Male outcome male exposure 582,900 0.1% (0.1–0.1) 0.2% (0.2–0.3) 4.1% (4.0–4.2) 10.6% (7.9–13.3)
Half-siblings Pairsb
 Both maternal and paternal 663,566 0.9% (0.8–0.9) 1.3% (1.2–1.3) 7.7% (7.6–7.8) 10.6% (9.9–11.4)

Notes: 95% CI 95% confidence intervals

aCluster-robust standard errors based on mothers as clusters

bNumber of unique ways of combining pairs, i.e., a pair may be included twice, first with A as outcome person and B as exposure person, then with B as outcome person and A as exposure person