Table 4

Mental health outcomes by childhood public care status for men and women during pregnancy and when study child aged 5 years

		Men			Women
		%†	OR (95% CI)		%†	OR (95% CI)
		%†	Unadjusted	Adjusted‡	%†	Unadjusted	Adjusted§
Has ever had mental health problem	Reference	5.7	Ref	Ref	10.2	Ref	Ref
	Looked-after	24.1	5.3 (2.7 to 10.2)*	3.9 (1.9 to 7.8)*	25.9	3.1 (2.1 to 4.5)*	2.2 (1.4 to 3.2)*
	Adopted	12.4	2.4 (1.2 to 4.5)*	2.0 (1.0 to 3.9)	15.5	1.6 (1.1 to 2.3)*	1.6 (1.1 to 2.3)*
During pregnancy
High anxiety score	Reference	9.3	Ref	Ref	10.4	Ref	Ref
	Looked-after	15.2	1.7 (0.8 to 3.9)	1.6 (0.7 to 3.7)	26.1	3.0 (2.0 to 4.5)*	2.0 (1.3 to 3.1)*
	Adopted	11.1	1.2 (0.6 to 2.4)	1.2 (0.6 to 2.4)	17.4	1.8 (1.2 to 2.6)*	1.6 (1.1 to 2.4)*
High depression score	Reference	11.0	Ref	Ref	8.7	Ref	Ref
	Looked-after	26.2	2.9 (1.5 to 5.6)*	2.3 (1.1 to 4.5)*	24.3	3.4 (2.2 to 5.0)*	2.0 (1.3 to 3.1)*
	Adopted	12.3	1.1 (0.6 to 2.2)	1.0 (0.5 to 1.9)	10.9	1.3 (0.8 to 2.0)	1.1 (0.7 to 1.8)
When study child 5 years
High anxiety score	Reference	/	/	/	10.1	Ref	Ref
	Looked-after	/	/	/	18.7	2.0 (1.3 to 3.2)*	1.5 (1.0 to 2.5)
	Adopted	/	/	/	14.3	1.5 (1.0 to 2.2)*	1.4 (1.0 to 2.1)
High depression score	Reference	/	/	/	9.5	Ref	Ref
	Looked-after	/	/	/	18.5	2.2 (1.4 to 3.4)*	1.6 (1.0 to 2.5)*
	Adopted	/	/	/	12.2	1.3 (0.9 to 2.0)	1.3 (0.8 to 1.9)
Anxiety symptoms in past year	Reference	18.4	Ref	Ref	22.5	Ref	Ref
	Looked-after	17.1	0.9 (0.4 to 1.9)	1.0 (0.5 to 2.2)	31.4	1.6 (1.1 to 2.3)*	1.4 (1.0 to 2.1)
	Adopted	17.8	1.0 (0.5 to 1.7)	1.0 (0.5 to 1.7)	25.8	1.2 (0.9 to 1.6)	1.2 (0.9 to 1.6)
Depression symptoms in past year	Reference	12.6	Ref	Ref	23.0	Ref	Ref
	Looked-after	15.0	1.2 (0.6 to 2.7)	1.0 (0.4 to 2.2)	38.8	2.1 (1.5 to 3.0)*	1.6 (1.1 to 2.3)*
	Adopted	8.2	0.6 (0.3 to 1.4)	0.5 (0.2 to 1.2)	27.3	1.3 (0.9 to 1.7)	1.2 (0.9 to 1.6)

*P<0.05.
†Percentages rather than n given as these are results from imputed data and so the n differs across the imputed datasets. The percentages shown are from results aggregated across all the imputed datasets using Rubin’s rules.
‡Adjusted for age, relationship status, education, financial difficulties, social class, housing tenure.
§Adjusted for age, relationship status, education, financial difficulties, social class, housing tenure, parity, pregnancy intentional (prepregnancy models only), pregnancy status/intentions (5 year models only).