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Table 2 Demographic factors and risk of OCD

From: Register-based study of the incidence, comorbidities and demographics of obsessive-compulsive disorder in specialist healthcare

    

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

Cases (n)

%

Controls (n)

%

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Maternal socioeconomic status

Blue collar (ref)

363

16.4

1639

18.6

Ref

     

Upper white collar

389

17.5

1296

14.7

1.36

1.15–1.59

<0.001

1.26

1.07–1.49

0.007

Lower white collar

1018

45.9

3963

45.1

1.16

1.01–1.32

0.03

1.14

1.00–1.31

0.06

Others

336

15.2

1444

16.4

1.05

0.89–1.24

0.54

1.04

0.88–1.24

0.62

Missing

112

5.1

452

5.1

1.12

0.88–1.42

0.36

1.07

0.83–1.38

0.63

Residential area

Rural (ref)

378

17.0

1926

21.9

Ref

     

Urban

1483

66.9

5314

60.4

1.42

1.261.61

<0.001

1.29

1.131.47

<0.001

Semi-urban

340

15.3

1513

17.2

1.14

0.97–1.34

0.12

1.10

0.93–1.30

0.27

Missing

17

0.8

41

0.5

2.08

1.17–3.70

0.01

1.95

1.04–3.64

0.04

Region of birth

Northern Finland (ref)

222

10.0

1184

13.5

Ref

     

Southern Finland

1119

50.5

3560

40.5

1.68

1.431.96

<0.001

1.49

1.271.76

<0.001

Western Finland

624

28.1

3097

35.2

1.08

0.91–1.27

0.39

1.04

0.88–1.24

0.63

Eastern Finland

253

11.4

953

10.8

1.42

1.161.73

<0.001

1.36

1.111.67

0.003

  1. OR odds ratio, Ref reference category, significant findings in boldface
  2. aAdjusted with maternal age and maternal psychiatric history
  3. Missing 1154 cases