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Table 2 Odds of a child/young person without any reported disabling chronic condition in 1991 being reported as having developed a disabling chronic condition by 2001

From: Is the onset of disabling chronic conditions in later childhood associated with exposure to social disadvantage in earlier childhood? a prospective cohort study using the ONS Longitudinal Study for England and Wales

Independent variables

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Socio-economic disadvantage index

    

No disadvantage

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Disadvantaged in 3

2·20 (1·86,2·59)

2·21 (1·87,2·62)

2·20 (1·87,2·62)

2·11 (1·76,2·53)

Disadvantaged in 2

1·49 (1·25,1·79)

1·50 (1·26,1·80)

1·51 (1·26,1·81)

1·45 (1·20,1·75)

Disadvantaged in 1

1·15 (0·94,1·41)

1·15 (0·94,1·41)

1·16 (0·95,1·41)

1·14 (0·93,1·39)

Sex (girls as reference)

-

1·20 (1·10,1·31)

1·20 (1·10,1·31)

1·20 (1·10,1·31)

Age (<1 as reference)

-

1·02 (1·01,1·03)

1·02 (1·01,1·03)

1·02 (1·01,1·03)

Ethnicity* (White as reference)

  

0·99 (0·92,1·08)

0·99 (0·92,1·08)

Family status (2 adult household as reference)

-

-

-

1·11 (0·97,1·27)

  1. *Ethnicity – white vs. all other.