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. 2021 Oct 27;13:51. doi: 10.1186/s11689-021-09399-6

Table 3.

Life-time neurodevelopmental/psychiatric disorders in females with TS stratified by year of Turner diagnosis and compared with age-matched controls (1:100 controls)

Diagnoses < 1987 1987–2001 > 2001
Turner syndrome, N (%) Matched controls, N (%) OR (95%CI) P value Turner syndrome, N (%) Matched controls, N (%) OR (95%CI) P value Turner syndrome, N (%) Matched controls, N (%) OR (95%CI) P value
Any NDDs psychiatric disorders 81 (24.70) 5641 (17.20) 1.59 (1.23–2.04) 0.0006 94 (19.75) 8550 (17.96) 1.12 (0.90–1.41) 0.3168 108 (18.37) 7757 (13.19) 1.51 (1.21–1.87) 0.0003
Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use 9 (2.74) 1177 (3.59) 0.76 (0.39–1.47) 0.3927 9 (1.89) 1983 (4.17) 0.44 (0.23–0.86) 0.0056 12 (2.04) 1475 (2.51) 0.81 (0.45–1.44) 0.4529
Schizophrenia and related disorders 15 (4.57) 595 (1.81) 2.61 (1.54–4.42) 0.0017 7 (1.47) 497 (1.04) 1.42 (0.67–3.03) 0.3886 7 (1.19) 401 (0.68) 1.77 (0.83–3.77) 0.1759
Mood disorders (including bipolar, single, and recurrent depressive disorder) 25 (7.62) 2382 (7.26) 1.05 (0.70–1.59) 0.8039 22 (4.62) 3480 (7.31) 0.61 (0.40–0.94) 0.0164 32 (5.44) 2744 (4.67) 1.18 (0.82–1.70) 0.3808
Suicide attempt 5 (1.52) 440 (1.34) 1.14 (0.47–2.78) 0.7786 8 (1.68) 981 (2.06) 0.81 (0.40–1.64) 0.5473 6 (1.02) 737 (1.25) 0.81 (0.36–1.82) 0.5999
Anxiety disorders (including dissociative, stress-related, and somatoform disorders) 34 (10.37) 2915 (8.89) 1.19 (0.83–1.70) 0.3587 28 (5.88) 4555 (9.57) 0.59 (0.40–0.86) 0.0035 34 (5.78) 3740 (6.36) 0.90 (0.63–1.28) 0.556
Eating disorders 4 (1.22) 207 (0.63) 1.95 (0.72–5.32) 0.2344 19 (3.99) 793 (1.67) 2.48 (1.55–3.97) 0.0008 9 (1.53) 609 (1.04) 1.49 (0.77–2.92) 0.2679
Disorders of adult personality and behavior 6 (1.83) 509 (1.55) 1.18 (0.52–2.67) 0.6938 5 (1.05) 745 (1.57) 0.67 (0.28–1.62) 0.3376 6 (1.02) 466 (0.79) 1.29 (0.57–2.92) 0.5514
Mental retardation (ID) 14 (4.27) 123 (0.38) 12.0 (6.78–21.07) < .0001 20 (4.20) 287 (0.60) 7.29 (4.58–11.59) < .0001 28 (4.76) 350 (0.60) 8.45 (5.69–12.57) < .0001
Pervasive developmental disorders (ASD) 7 (2.13) 84 (0.26) 8.56 (3.92–18.71) < .0001 11 (2.31) 303 (0.64) 3.74 (2.02–6.91) 0.0004 12 (2.04) 339 (0.58) 3.63 (2.02–6.52) 0.0003
Hyperkinetic disorders (ADHD) 0 (0.00) 205 (0.63) 0.00 (0.00-) 0.0428 9 (1.89) 709 (1.49) 1.28 (0.66–2.49) 0.4882 13 (2.21) 818 (1.39) 1.62 (0.92–2.83) 0.1173
Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset in childhood 2 (0.61) 92 (0.28) 2.19 (0.53–8.99) 0.3316 6 (1.26) 424 (0.89) 1.43 (0.63–3.22) 0.4195 18 (3.06) 803 (1.37) 2.31 (1.43–3.74) 0.0023

OR odds ratio, NDD neurodevelopmental disorder, ID intellectual disability, ASD autism spectrum disorder, ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

*Due to difference in the observation time, percentage of life-time psychiatric outcome may not be comparable between cohorts