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Table 3 Demographic factors and risk of anxiety disorders

From: Time trends in treated incidence, sociodemographic risk factors and comorbidities: a Finnish nationwide study on anxiety disorders

 

Cases

Controls

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

N

%

N

%

OR

95% CI

p- value

OR

95% CI

p- Value

Maternal SES Class

Upper white-collar workers

2707

12.1

11,660

16.1

Ref

  

Ref

  

Lower white-collar workers

8972

42.8

34,040

47.1

1.13

1.07–1.18

<0.0001

1.18

1.12–1.24

<0.0001

Blue collar workers

4722

22.6

14,009

19.4

1.44

1.37–1.52

<0.0001

1.53

1.45–1.61

<0.0001

Other

4541

21.7

12,528

17.3

1.55

1.47–1.64

<0.0001

1.65

1.56–1.74

<0.0001

Region of birth

Southern Finland

11,331

50.6

30,192

39.7

Ref

  

Ref

  

Western Finland

6743

30.1

27,006

35.5

0.66

0.64–0.69

<0.0001

0.68

0.66–0.71

<0.0001

Northern Finland

2322

10.4

10,788

14.2

0.57

0.55–0.60

<0.0001

0.59

0.56–0.62

<0.0001

Eastern Finland

1992

8.9

8153

10.7

0.65

0.61–0.68

<0.0001

0.67

0.63–0.71

<0.0001

Urbanicity

Urban

15,161

68.0

46,199

60.9

Ref

  

Ref

  

Semi-urban

3249

14.6

13,175

17.4

0.75

0.72–0.78

<0.0001

0.79

0.76–0.82

<0.0001

Rural

3881

17.4

16,431

21.7

0.72

0.69–0.75

<0.0001

0.82

0.79–0.86

<0.0001

Maternal marital status

Married/ in a relationship

18,681

93.8

68,457

97.1

Ref

  

Ref

  

Single

1224

6.1

2014

2.9

2.28

2.11–2.45

<0.0001

2.02

1.87–2.17

<0.0001

  1. a = The multivariate model included maternal SES class, region of birth, urbanicity, maternal marital status, gender and birth year
  2. Ref Reference category, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval