Table 4.
Non-infectious childhood medical conditions
| Characteristics | % of cases (n = 45) |
% of controls (n = 95) |
Adjusted* odds ratio |
Missing no. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | 95% CI | Cases | Controls | |||
| Heart problems | 8.9 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 0.3–3.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthritis | 4.4 | 0.5 | 17.9 | 1.2–267.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Diabetes | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0–Inf | 0 | 0 |
| Severe headaches | 8.9 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 0.4–9.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Migraine | 11.1 | 13.1 | 0.6 | 0.2–2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seizures / epilepsy | 8.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 0.7–27.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Allergic / autoimmune condition | 51.1 | 41.7 | 1.3 | 0.6–2.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Radiation treatment to head | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0–Inf | 0 | 0 |
| Other medical problem | 57.8 | 46.8 | 1.4 | 0.6–3.2 | 0 | 0 |
CI: confidence interval.
*
Adjusted for African-American race, annual income (four categories, multiply imputed).