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. 2020 Jul 15;30(7):1095–1112. doi: 10.1007/s00787-020-01602-8

Table 5.

Binary linear regression with psychiatric disorder at T2 as dependent variable, and the listed covariates one at a time

Co-variable at T1 n Any psychiatric disorder T2
Co-variable T1 NO
n (%)
Co-variable T1 YES
n (%)
RDa % 95% CI for RD p value
Lower Upper
Total sample 440
 Chronic pain 438 84/134 (62.7)b 243/304 (79.9) 17.2 7.9 26.6  < 0.001
 Any somatic disorder 440 269/359 (74.9) 59/81 (72.8) −  2.1 −  12.8 8.6 0.701
 Smoking 304 151/205 (73.7) 84/99 (84.8) 11.2 1.9 20.5 0.018
 Alcohol use 440 160/224 (71.4) 168/216 (77.8) 6.3 −  1.8 14.5 0.125
 Drug use 437 272/376 (72.3) 54/61 (88.5) 16.2 7.0 25.4 0.001
 Age 440 0.105c −  2.39 2.60 0.934
 SES 326 0.012d −  2.82 2.80 0.993
Girls 245
 Chronic pain 245 24/43 (55.8) 164/202 (81.2) 25.4 9.6 41.2 0.002
 Any somatic disorder 245 149/192 (77.6) 39/53 (73.6) −  4.0 −  17.3 9.3 0.553
 Smoking 178 81/112 (72.3) 58/66 (87.9) 15.6 4.1 27.0 0.008
 Alcohol use 245 78/105 (74.3) 110/140 (78.6) 4.3 −  6.5 15.1 0.437
 Drug use 244 153/207 (73.9) 34/37 (91.9) 18.0 7.3 28.6 0.001
 Age 245 0.200 −  3.21 3.61 0.908
 SES 177 0.797 −  4.58 2.98 0.680
Boys 195
 Chronic pain 193 60/91 (65.9) 79/102 (77.5) 11.5 −  1.2 24.2 0.076
 Any somatic disorder 195 120/167 (71.9) 20/28 (71.4) −  0.4 −  18.5 17.7 0.963
 Smoking 126 70/93 (75.3) 26/33 (78.8) 3.5 −  13.0 20.1 0.677
 Alcohol use 195 82/119 (68.9) 58/76 (76.3) 7.4 −  5.3 20.1 0.253
 Drug use 193 119/169 (70.4) 20/24 (83.3) 12.9 −  3.5 29.4 0.124
 Age 195 0.881 −  4.78 3.01 0.657
 SES 149 0.944 −  3.24 5.13 0.659

aRD is risk difference, the difference between the proportions of patients with persistent psychiatric disorder and co-variable present at T1 compared with patients with persistent psychiatric disorder without present co-variable at T1

bThe numbers in this table, for example 84/134 (62.7) and 243/304 (79.9), indicate that among the 134 patients with a psychiatric disorder and no chronic pain at T1, 84 had a psychiatric disorder at T2, and among the 304 patients with a psychiatric disorder and chronic pain at T1, 243 had a psychiatric disorder at T2

cThe risk of having a persistent psychiatric disorder increases with 0.105% per one year increase of age

dThe risk of having a persistent psychiatric disorder increases with 0.012% per one unit change in level of mothers education