Table 5 Results of Subgroup Analysis on Impact of FASDs on Hospitalization, stratified by Hospitalization Cause.

From: Hospitalizations and mortality among patients with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a prospective study

 

FASD (n = 3,103)

General Population (n = 15,515)

None

Hospitalization

HR

95% CI

p-value

n

%

n

%

Lower

 

Upper

Hospitalization Causes

All-Causes

853

27.5

1,673

10.8

1.00

1.25

1.05

1.49

0.0114

Nervous

450

14.5

18

0.1

1.00

51.78

29.09

92.17

 < .0001

Mental

179

5.8

32

0.1

1.00

7.87

4.34

14.26

 < .0001

Circulatory

59

1.9

112

0.5

1.00

1.18

0.67

2.09

0.5748

Abnormal

32

1.0

26

0.1

1.00

1.97

0.72

5.38

0.1861

Musculoskeletal

31

1.0

138

0.6

1.00

0.33

0.16

0.68

0.0027

Digestive

23

0.7

135

0.6

1.00

0.30

0.14

0.63

0.0014

Neoplasm

22

0.7

19

0.1

1.00

0.94

0.27

3.23

0.9230

Eye and Ear

17

0.5

158

0.7

1.00

0.41

0.19

0.88

0.0227

Endocrine

11

0.4

35

0.2

1.00

0.41

0.11

1.55

0.1878

Other*

29

0.9

1,000

.4

1.00

0.08

0.05

0.14

 < .0001

  1. *Infectious, genitourinary, respiratory, external, perinatal, congenital, respiratory, skin.