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Table 2 Association between HL trajectory and each outcome based on multivariable logistic regression models

From: The association between childhood hearing loss and self-reported peer victimisation, depressive symptoms, and self-harm: longitudinal analyses of a prospective, nationally representative cohort study

N = 10,858 children

High depressive symptoms

OR (95% CI)

Peer victimisation

OR (95% CI)

Self-harm

OR (95% CI)

HL trajectory

p = 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

No HL at any sweep

Reference

Reference

Reference

HL onset and resolution in infancy

1.15 (0.87–1.52)

1.03 (0.69–1.52)

1.29 (0.90–1.84)

Other early onset HL with resolution

1.16 (0.87–1.54)

0.92 (0.60–1.40)

1.29 (0.90–1.87)

Late onset HL with resolution

1.07 (0.54–2.11)

0.87 (0.35–2.13)

0.52 (0.20–1.38)

Early onset HL without resolution

1.40 (0.81–2.44)

1.86 (1.01–3.40)

1.50 (0.80–2.81)

Late onset HL without resolution

3.21 (1.91–5.40)

4.88 (2.99–7.97)

3.22 (1.96–5.29)

Sex, girls

2.87 (2.55–3.22)

1.01 (0.86–1.19)

3.28 (2.82–3.82)

Ethnic background, non-white

0.77 (0.64–0.91)

0.66 (0.51–0.86)

0.66 (0.52–0.83)

NICU admission

1.30 (1.09–1.56)

1.05 (0.80–1.37)

0.99 (0.78–1.27)

Parental education

p = 0.33

p = 0.50

p = 0.24

NVQ1

Reference

Reference

Reference

NVQ2

1.25 (0.97–1.62)

1.25 (0.85–1.84)

1.03 (0.76–1.40)

NVQ3

1.17 (0.89–1.55)

1.23 (0.81–1.86)

0.84 (0.60–1.17)

NVQ4

1.07 (0.82–1.39)

1.36 (0.92–2.01)

0.86 (0.64–1.16)

NVQ5 (highest)

1.11 (0.84–1.47)

1.09 (0.73–1.63)

0.78 (0.56–1.09)

Other

1.16 (0.87–1.55)

1.13 (0.76–1.67)

0.88 (0.60–1.29)

LLI at one or more sweeps

1.53 (1.30–1.81)

1.49 (1.19–1.87)

1.57 (1.28–1.92)

Maternal age, per year increase

0.99 (0.98–1.00)

0.98 (0.97–1.00)

0.99 (0.98–1.00)

Baseline odds

0.23 (0.16–0.34)

0.15 (0.08–0.26)

0.11 (0.07–0.18)

  1. Estimates are adjusted for sampling design and attrition, and include imputed data for missing values (0 for sex and ethnic background, 2 for parental education, 32 for maternal age, 44 for NICU, 2217 for LLI, and 3571 for HL). CI confidence interval, HL hearing loss, LLI limiting longstanding illness additional to HL, NICU neonatal intensive care unit, NVQ national vocational qualification, OR odds ratio