Table 4.

The association of epilepsy, febrile convulsions and single unprovoked seizures at age 7 years with childhood emotional/behavioral disorders at age 7, 11 and 16 years

	Internalising disorders			Externalising disorders			All emotional & behavioral disorders
	OR (95%CI) at 7 yrs	OR (95%CI) at 11 yrs	OR (95%CI) at 16 yrs	OR (95%CI) at 7 yrs	OR (95%CI) at 11 yrs	OR (95%CI) at 16 yrs	OR (95%CI) at 7 yrs	OR (95%CI) at 11 yrs	OR (95%CI) at 16 yrs
Epilepsy
Unadjusted	1.50 (0.90-2.50)	1.72 (1.03-2.87)	2.63 (1.34-5.17)	1.45 (0.87-2.43)	1.39 (0.84-2.30)	1.48 (0.87-2.51)	1.52 (0.90-2.56)	1.31 (0.80-2.15)	2.95 (1.46-5.96)
Adjusted	3.31 (1.59-6.87)	2.42 (1.21-4.83)	2.31 (0.81-6.63)	1.91 (0.99-3.68)	1.10 (0.60-2.04)	1.54 (0.73-3.26)	2.50 (1.29-4.84)	2.00 (1.04-3.81)	5.47 (1.65-18.08)
Single unprovoked seizures
Unadjusted	0.93 (0.75-1.16)	1.11 (0.89-1.37)	1.07 (0.85-1.35)	0.80 (0.65-0.99)	0.98 (0.79-1.21)	0.99 (0.80-1.23)	0.88 (0.71-1.09)	1.08 (0.87-1.34)	1.17 (0.92-1.48)
Adjusted	1.44 (1.10-1.88)	1.41 (1.07-1.86)	1.65 (1.11-2.46)	1.11 (0.85-1.45)	1.09 (0.83-1.43)	1.16 (0.85-1.58)	1.17 (0.90-1.51)	1.17 (0.90-1.54)	1.44 (1.02-2.01)
Febrile seizures
Unadjusted	1.03 (0.80-1.32)	1.02 (0.80-1.32)	1.22 (0.93-1.61)	1.38 (1.07-1.78)	1.02 (0.79-1.32)	1.03 (0.80-1.33)	1.17 (0.91-1.51)	0.96 (0.75-1.24)	1.02 (0.79-1.34)
Adjusted	0.97 (0.72-1.31)	1.02 (0.75-1.38)	1.08 (0.72-1.61)	1.12 (0.82-1.52)	1.23 (0.90-1.68)	1.16 (0.81-1.66)	1.11 (0.82-1.51)	1.14 (0.84-1.55)	1.28 (0.88-1.87)

OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval. Associations have been adjusted for social disadvantage indicators, foetal risk indicators and sex. The highlighted represents the logistic regression models that were statistically significant i.e. if the confidence interval did not include the null value 1.