Table 2.

Risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in individuals diagnosed with feeding and eating disorder compared with age and sex matched controls (n = 21,637).

	Individuals with FED		Matched controls		Unadjusted HR (95% CI)	Adjusted# HR (95% CI)
	No. diagnosed	Incidence rate*	No. diagnosed	Incidence rate*
All combined
Emotional/behavioral disorder	175	8.92	612	3.03	2.98 (2.52–3.52)	2.78 (2.34–3.31)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	68	3.33	369	1.82	1.85 (1.43–2.40)	1.74 (1.33–2.26)
Autism spectrum disorder	84	4.12	261	1.28	3.24 (2.53–4.14)	3.05 (2.36–3.94)
Intellectual disability	60	2.89	77	0.38	7.67 (5.47–10.75)	6.38 (4.48–9.11)
Boys
Emotional/behavioral disorder	90	9.80	405	4.26	2.33 (1.86–2.93)	2.16 (1.70–2.73)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	43	4.49	254	2.64	1.72 (1.24–2.37)	1.62 (1.17–2.25)
Autism spectrum disorder	54	5.63	197	2.04	2.77 (2.05–3.74)	2.58 (1.88–3.53)
Intellectual disability	32	3.25	53	0.54	5.74 (3.70–8.92)	4.94 (3.10–7.86)
Girls
Emotional/behavioral disorder	85	8.14	207	1.94	4.26 (3.31–5.48)	4.05 (3.12–5.25)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	25	2.31	115	1.07	2.18 (1.41–3.36)	2.01 (1.29–3.15)
Autism spectrum disorder	30	2.78	64	0.60	4.70 (3.04–7.24)	4.54 (2.90–7.12)
Intellectual disability	28	2.56	24	0.22	12.12 (7.02–20.92)	9.73 (5.48–17.26)

FED, feeding and eating disorders; No., number; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval;

^*incident rate per 1,000 person-years;

^#adjusted for parity, parental age, maternal education, maternal origin, maternal cohabitation at birth, maternal smoking status during early pregnancy, parental history of psychiatric disorders before childbirth, and pregnancy complications including diabetes and pre-eclampsia.