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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2005;67(1):123–129. doi: 10.1097/01.psy.0000149279.10978.3e

TABLE 4.

Correlates of DSM Somatoform-Positive Status*

Variable Odds Ratio (95% CI) p Value
Gender, male vs. female 3.2 (1.4–7.5) .007
MCS, SD = 11.9 1.7 (1.2–2.5)† .007
PCS, SD = 10.3 1.7 (1.2–2.6)† .004
Nonsomatoform CIDI diagnoses, present vs. absent 2.1 (0.9–5.1) .094
Proportion MUS, SD = 0.18 1.4 (0.9–1.9)‡ .094
*

c-statistic = 0.77.

†

OR for a 1 SD lower score.

‡

OR for a 1 SD higher score.

DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; CI = confidence interval; MCS = Mental Component Summary; PCS = Physical Component Summary; CIDI = Composite International Diagnostic Interview; SD = standard deviation; OR = odds ratio.