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Table 4 Association between sociodemographic factors and offspring SM

From: The impact of parental psychopathology and sociodemographic factors in selective mutism - a nationwide population-based study

 

Cases (N = 860)

N (%)

Controls (N = 3250)

N (%)

Unadjusted OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Paternal agea

N = 841

N = 3219

  

< 20

7 (0.8)

21 (0.7)

1.3 (0.6–3.2)

0.95 (0.4–2.3)

20–24

85 (10.2)

335 (10.4)

1.0 (0.8–1.4)

0.9 (0.6–1.2)

25–29

210 (25.0)

874 (27.2)

reference

reference

30–34

238 (28.3)

1103 (34.3)

0.9 (0.7–1.1)

1.01 (0.8–1.2)

35–39

178 (21.2)

578 (18.0)

1.3 (1.03–1.6)*

1.4 (1.1–1.8)*

≥40

123 (14.6)

308 (9.6)

1.7 (1.3–2.2)**

1.8 (1.4–2.4)**

Maternal ageb

N = 860

N = 3250

  

< 20

27 (3.1)

89 (2.7)

1.3 (0.8–2.1)

1.1 (0.6–2.0)

20–24

174 (20.2)

543 (16.7)

1.4 (1.1–1.7)*

1.2 (0.9–1.6)

25–29

261 (30.4)

1114 (34.3)

reference

reference

30–34

222 (25.8)

969 (29.8)

0.98 (0.8–1.2)

0.9 (0.7–1.1)

35–39

137 (15.9)

442 (13.6)

1.3 (1.1–1.7)*

0.9 (0.7–1.3)

≥40

39 (4.5)

93 (2.9)

1.8 (1.2–2.7)*

1.1 (0.6–1.8)

Maternal socioeconomic statusc

N = 860

N = 3250

  

Upper white collar

67 (7.8)

495 (15.2)

reference

reference

Lower white collar

296 (34.4)

1183 (36.4)

2.0 (1.4–2.7) ***

2.0 (1.5–2.7)***

Blue collar

188 (21.9)

518 (15.9)

2.8 (2.0–3.9)***

2.8 (2.0–4.0)***

Other

166 (19.3)

508 (15.6)

2.3 (1.6–3.2)***

2.4 (1.7–3.4)***

Missing

143 (16.6)

546 (16.8)

2.3 (1.5–3.5)**

2.4 (1.5–3.6)***

Marital statusd

N = 797

N = 3005

  

Married/in a relationship

742 (93.1)

2911 (96.9)

reference

reference

Single

55 (6.9)

94 (3.1)

2.3 (1.6–3.3)***

2.0 (1.4–3.0)**

Immigration statuse

N = 860

N = 3250

  

Both parents Finnish

815 (94.77)

3070 (94.5)

reference

reference

Mother immigrant

19 (2.2)

50 (1.5)

1.5 (0.8–2.5)

1.4 (0.8–2.6)

Father immigrant

12 (1.4)

66 (2.0)

0.7 (0.4–1.3)

0.7 (0.4–1.4)

Both parents immigrants

14 (1.6)

64 (2.0)

0.8 (0.5–1.5)

0.7 (0.4–1.4)

Urbanicityf

N = 857

N = 3222

  

Urban

523 (61.0)

1970 (61.1)

0.9 (0.8–1.1)

0.98 (0.8–1.2)

Semi-urban

132 (15.4)

550 (17.1)

0.8 (0.7–1.1)

0.8 (0.6–1.1)

Rural

202 (23.6)

702 (21.8)

reference

reference

  1. aOdds ratio (OR) adjusted for maternal socioeconomic status (SES), maternal and paternal psychopathology)
  2. bOR psychopathology adjusted for paternal age, maternal SES. marital status, maternal and paternal psychopathology
  3. cOR adjusted for paternal age, marital status, maternal and paternal psychopathology
  4. dOR adjusted for paternal age, maternal SES, and maternal and paternal psychopathology
  5. eOR adjusted for paternal age, maternal SES, marital status, maternal and paternal psychopathology
  6. fOR adjusted for paternal age, maternal SES, maternal and paternal psychopathology
  7. Paternal age missing in 19 cases (2.2%) and 31 controls (1.0%).
  8. Urbanicity missing in three cases (0.4%) and 28 controls (0.9%).
  9. Marital status missing in 63 cases (7.3%) and 245 controls (7.5%).
  10. * P-value≤0.05 **P-value≤0.001 *** P-value< 0.0001