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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2011 May 13;42(1):1–13. doi: 10.1017/S0033291711000742

Table 3:

Lifetime prevalences of disorders in case (OCD-affected) and control probands

Diagnoses9 Case
probands1
(n=382)
Control
probands2
(n=73)
χ2/FE 3
p-value
DP4 NNH5 OR6 95% CI 7 AOR8 95% CI
n % n %
separation anxiety disorder 81 23 6 8 0.006 14 7 3.2 1.4-7.7 3.2 1.4-7.7
panic disorder 84 23 1 1 <0.0005 21 5 21 2.8-152 20 2.7-145
agoraphobia 67 18 1 1 <0.0005 17 6 15 2.1-113 15 2.1-113
specific phobia 164 44 21 30 0.03 14 7 1.8 1.0-3.2 2.5 1.3-4.7
social phobia 184 50 24 34 0.01 16 6 2.0 1.2-3.4 2.1 1.2-3.7
generalized anxiety disorder 198 54 1 1 <0.0005 53 2 83 11-602 83 11-602
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder 120 34 4 6 <0.0005 28 4 8.8 3.1-24 8.8 3.1-24
avoidant personality disorder 55 16 1 1 0.001 14 7 13 1.8-99 13 1.8-99
dependent personality disorder 17 5 0 0 0.05 5 20 3.7 0.5-28
any tic disorder 68 18 0 0 <0.0005 18 5 16 2.1-115 16 2.1-115
hypochondriasis 44 12 0 0 0.002 12 8 9.7 1.3-72 9.7 1.3-72
body dysmorphic disorder 55 15 2 3 0.005 12 8 6.2 1.5-26 5.5 1.3-23
trichotillomania 42 11 1 1 0.009 10 10 9.0 1.2-67 9.0 1.2-67
pathological nail biting 67 18 10 14 0.42 4 25 1.3 0.6-2.8
pathological skin picking 115 31 4 6 <0.0005 26 4 7.8 2.8-22 7.8 2.8-22
anorexia nervosa 26 7 2 3 0.29 4 24 2.6 0.6-11
bulimia nervosa 27 7 1 1 0.06 6 17 5.6 0.7-42
major depressive disorder 253 67 23 32 <0.0005 35 3 4.3 2.5-7.4 4.3 2.5-7.4
recurrent major depressive disorder 176 46 9 12 <0.0005 34 3 6.1 2.9-13 6.1 2.9-13
dysthymia 70 19 4 5 0.005 14 7 4.0 1.4-11 4.0 1.4-11
bipolar disorder (I or II) 43 12 2 3 0.02 9 11 4.7 1.1-20 4.7 1.1-20
pathological gambling 9 2 0 0 0.37 2 41 1.8 0.2-14
pyromania 10 3 0 0 0.38 3 37 2.0 0.2-16
kleptomania 11 3 0 0 0.22 3 34 2.2 0.3-17
alcohol dependence 62 17 12 17 0.96 0 −426 1.0 0.5-1.9
drug dependence 47 13 8 11 0.74 1 70 1.1 0.5-2.5
1

OCD-affected probands

2

non-OCD-affected probands

3

chi-square or Fisher’s exact test

4

difference in prevalence between case and control probands

5

number needed to harm

6

crude (unadjusted) odds ratio

7

95% confidence interval

9

all diagnoses = probable or definite; bold indicates odds ratios > 1.0 (two-tailed p ≤ 0.05)

8

odds ratio adjusted for demographic factors associated with case/control status and diagnosis (if applicable); underline indicates that a random control was assigned the diagnosis for calculation purposes