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Table 2 Associations between late life anxiety and depression case status and continuous or ordinal exposures recorded at birth

From: An investigation of factors identified at birth in relation to anxiety and depression in old age: the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)

 

Mean (SD)

Age- and gender-adjusted mean difference (95% CI)

Mean (SD)

Age- and gender-adjusted mean difference (95% CI)

 

Case-level anxiety

Controls

 

Case-level depression

Controls

 

Birth weight (kg)a

3.38

3.48

−0.06

3.42

3.48

−0.05

 

(0.48)

(0.51)

(−0.18,0.06)

(0.62)

(0.50)

(−0.20,0.09)

Birth length (cm)

49.92

50.36

−0.21

50.00

50.33

−0.41

 

(2.15)

(2.02)

(−0.78,0.35)

(2.49)

(1.99)

(−1.08,0.25)

Head circumferenceb (cm)

34.28

34.50

−0.07

34.34

34.48

−0.23

 

(1.52)

(1.68)

(−0.54,0.39)

(1.93)

(1.63)

(−0.78,0.32)

Ponderal Index

2.64

2.65

−0.01

2.64

2.65

−0.00

 

(0.23)

(0.22)

(−0.07,0.05)

(0.27)

(0.22)

(−0.08,0.07)

Mother’s pelvic sizec (cm)

25.65

26.11

−0.44 *

25.89

26.06

−0.22

 

(1.28)

(1.29)

(−0.82,-0.06)

(1.05)

(1.32)

(−0.67,0.23)

Mother’s age (years)

27.69

29.50

−1.97 *

27.37

29.43

−2.14 *

 

(5.85)

(5.67)

(−3.59,-0.35)

(5.77)

(5.70)

(−4.07,-0.22)

Parity

2.26

2.63

−0.40

2.24

2.61

−0.39

 

(1.38)

(2.02)

(−0.95,0.15)

(1.72)

(1.96)

(−1.05,0.26)

Gestation (weeks)

39.63

39.67

0.00

39.62

39.67

−0.05

 

(1.14)

(1.18)

(−0.33,0.34)

(1.14)

(1.18)

(−0.45,0.34)

N

58

348

406

38

368

406

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
  2. aBirth weight was also adjusted for gestational age.
  3. bN=400 (Males N=183 and females N=217).
  4. cN=382 (Males N=174 and females N=208).