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Table 6 Unadjusted odds ratios (OR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) on the intergenerational effect of anxiety in three generations, stratified by age and gender of the child (3rd generation) a,b,c

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

 

Total

Boys

Girls

 

0–12 years

13- years

0–12 years

13- years

0–12 years

13- years

OR child (3rd generation) diagnosed with anxiety

 First- and second-generation diagnosed with anxiety

6.41(2.03–20.23)

3.74 (2.42–5.77)

3.83 (0.53–27.23)

9.07 (2.35–40.14)

3.58 (1.57–8.19)

3.96 (2.36–6.62)

 Second-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

2.13 (0.99–4.58)

3.14 (2.49–3.96)

1.06 (0.26–4.35)

3.54 (1.40–8.95)

3.48 (2.28–5.30)

3.06 (2.32–4.05)

 Only first-generation mother diagnosed with anxiety

2.07 (1.14–3.77)

1.51 (1.16–1.98)

2.73 (1.35–5.52)

1.20 (0.37–3.87)

1.55 (0.93–2.58)

1.51 (1.10–2.07)

 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