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Table 5 Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) on the intergenerational effect of anxiety disorder in three generationsa,b,c

From: Anxiety in women - a Swedish national three-generational cohort study

 

Total

Boys

Girls

 

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR second generation mother diagnoses with anxiety

 First-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

2.20 (2.04–2.38)

2.20 (1.98–2.44)

2.22 (1.99–2.47)

 First-generation mother not diagnosed with a anxiety

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OR child (3rd generation) has inpatient cared

 First- and second-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

1.94 (1.75–2.14)

1.76 (1.53–2.02)

2.17 (1.88–2.52)

 Only second-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

1.66 (1.59–1.74)

1.63 (1.53–1.73)

1.72 (1.60–1.83)

 Only first-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

1.14 (1.10–1.19)

1.11 (1.05–1.07)

1.19 (1.12–1.26)

 None diagnosed with anxiety

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OR child (3rd generation) has outpatient caree

 First- and second-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

1.74 (1.58–1.92)

1.84 (1.61–2.10)

1.63 (1.41–1.89)

 Only second-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

1.62 (1.55–1.69)

1.62 (1.52–1.71)

1.63 (1.53–1.74)

 Only first-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

1.11 (1.07–1.15)

1.12 (1.06–1.18)

1.11 (1.05–1.17)

 None diagnosed with anxiety

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OR child (3rd generation) diagnosed with anxiety

 First- and second-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

3.11 (2.04–4.75)

2.97 (1.37–6.45)

3.14 (1.88–5.22)

 Only second-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

2.54 (2.01–3.20)

2.38 (1.57–3.62)

2.63 (1.99–3.49)

 Only first-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

1.46 (1.14–1.88)

1.57 (1.02–2.42)

1.42 (1.04–1.93)

 None diagnosed with anxiety

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  1. aAll second-generation mothers are born between 1973 and 1977
  2. bAll children (third-generation) are born between 1987 and 2012
  3. cAll first-generation mothers are born between 1924 and 1963
  4. dInpatient care categorized into 0–1 visits and ≥ 2 visits
  5. eOutpatient care categorized into 0–10 visits and ≥ 11 visits