Table 2 Characteristics of responders by multiple health complaints (MHC) at the 11-year follow-up of the Danish National Birth Cohort.

From: Multiple health complaints in preadolescence and hospital contacts during adolescence: a prospective cohort study

 

MHC

Total

No

Yes

Overall, n (row %)

42,466 (89.7)

4899 (10.3)

47,365 (100.0)

Sex (girls), n (%)

21,510 (50.7)

3240 (66.1)

24,750 (52.3)

Age at index, mean (sd)

11.16 (0.54)

11.17 (0.56)

11.16 (0.54)

Index year, mean (sd)

2011.6 (1.1)

2011.7 (1.1)

2011.6 (1.1)

Somatic morbiditya (Yes), n (%)

2345 (5.5)

363 (7.4)

2708 (5.7)

Psychiatric morbidityb (Yes), n (%)

490 (1.2)

109 (2.2)

599 (1.3)

CCIc, n (%)

   0

40,685 (96.0)

4635 (94.9)

45,320 (95.9)

   1

1538 (3.6)

226 (4.6)

1764 (3.7)

   2 + 

171 (0.4)

24 (0.5)

195 (0.4)

Mother’s educational level, n (%)

   Lower secondary/primary

2321 (5.5)

328 (6.8)

2649 (5.7)

   Upper secondary

15,636 (37.2)

1812 (37.4)

17,448 (37.3)

   Tertiary

24,034 (57.2)

2701 (55.8)

26,735 (57.1)

Parents cohabitating (yes), n (%)

40,063 (94.3)

4534 (92.5)

44,597 (94.2)

Multiparous (yes), n (%)

22,022 (51.9)

2512 (51.3)

24,534 (51.8)

All hospital contacts, median (IQI)d

3 (1; 7)

4 (1; 12)

3 (1; 7)

In-patient contacts, median (IQI)d

0 (0; 0)

0 (0; 1)

0 (0; 0)

ER contacts, median (IQI)d

1 (0; 2)

1 (0; 2)

1 (0; 2)

Out-patient contacts, median (IQI)d

1 (0; 4)

3 (0; 9)

1 (0; 5)

  1. aAs defined in methods section.
  2. bAny ICD-10 F-diagnosis.
  3. cCharlson Comorbidity Index.
  4. dFrom index date to end of follow-up. IQI reflects the 25–75-percentile interquartile interval. To comply with Danish data-protection legislation, we report pseudo-medians and pseudo-interquartile intervals, calculated by ordering all observations and averaging the 5 values closest to the relevant percentile.