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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Jan 22;94(1-3):234–245. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.11.022

Table 3.

Temporal Sequencing of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Relative to Alcohol Abuse among Lifetime Comorbid Individuals by Comorbid Mood and Anxiety Disorder, NESARC 2001–2002.

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a

MAD Primary – the age of onset of the mood or anxiety disorder preceded the age of onset of the alcohol use disorder.

b

Concurrent – the mood or anxiety disorder and the alcohol use disorder both initially occurred at the same age.

c

Alcohol Disorder Primary – the age of onset of the alcohol use disorder preceded the age of onset of the mood or anxiety disorder.

d

Alcohol Primacy Ratio – calculated by dividing the proportion of primary alcohol use disorder by the proportion of primary mood or anxiety disorder.

*

APR significantly different than 1 (p<.05);

†

(p<.07). Significance was assessed using the Proc Ratio command of SUDAAN.

‡

APRs for men are significantly different than APRs for women (p<.05).

Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.