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Table 2 Independent and joint effects of parental occupational asthmagen exposure and parental asthma diagnosisa

From: Parental exposures to occupational asthmagens and risk of autism spectrum disorder in a Danish population-based case-control study

 

Control

ASD

  

N

%

N

%

aORbc

95% CI

Maternal Asthmagen

Maternal Asthma

 

No

No

23,053

78.5

5339

79.6

REF

.

Yes

No

5768

19.6

1226

18.3

0.93

0.86–0.99

No

Yes

430

1.5

120

1.8

1.24

1.00–1.54

Yes

Yes

108

0.4

21

0.3

0.90

0.55–1.47

Paternal Asthmagen

Paternal Asthma

 

No

No

24,655

77.2

5975

78.1

REF

.

Yes

No

6655

20.8

1515

19.8

0.97

0.90–1.03

No

Yes

517

1.6

111

1.5

0.99

0.79–1.23

Yes

Yes

120

0.4

46

0.6

1.68

1.17–2.40

  1. aParental asthma defined as asthma diagnosed by a specialist prior to child’s birth
  2. bMaternal model includes maternal asthmagen exposure, child’s year of birth, child’s sex, maternal age at birth, paternal age of birth, total income of parents, parity, highest parental education, history of parental psychiatric diagnosis prior to child’s date of birth, urbanicity of birth place, maternal immigrant status, maternal smoking, maternal asthma diagnosis by a specialist prior to child’s date of birth, and interaction term between maternal asthmagen exposure and maternal asthma diagnosis by a specialist prior to the child’s date of birth (6706 cases and 29,359 controls)
  3. cPaternal model includes paternal asthmagen exposure, child’s year of birth, child’s sex, maternal age at birth, paternal age of birth, total income of parents, parity, highest parental education, history of parental psychiatric diagnosis prior to child’s date of birth, urbanicity of birth place, paternal immigrant status, maternal smoking, paternal asthma diagnosis by a specialist prior to child’s date of birth, and interaction term between paternal asthmagen exposure and paternal asthma diagnosis by a specialist prior to the child’s date of birth (7647 cases and 31,947 controls)