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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2008 May 19;38(11):1659–1669. doi: 10.1017/S0033291708003413

Table 3.

Effect of age (reference level 18−34 years) in predicting the four mental and/or physical condition combinations, controlling for gender, all countries combined (n = 42 697)

Age group years (n)	Depressive/anxiety disorder with pain condition^a	Depressive/anxiety disorder with physical condition^a	Depressive/anxiety disorder without physical or pain condition^a	Physical and/or pain condition without depressive/anxiety disorder^a
18−34 (14 818)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
35−49 (13 236)	1.3 (1.2−1.5)^*	1.4 (1.3−1.6)^*	0.8 (0.7−0.9)^*	1.5 (1.4−1.6)^*
50−64 (9006)	1.5 (1.3−1.6)^*	1.9 (1.6−2.2)^*	0.5 (0.4−0.5)^*	2.7 (2.7−2.9)^*
65−79 (4631)	1.0 (0.9−1.2)	1.6 (1.3−1.8)^*	0.2 (0.1−0.2)^*	4.8 (4.4−5.3)^*
≥80 (959)	0.7 (0.5−1.0)^*	0.9 (0.6−1.3)	0.0 (0.0−0.1)^*	6.6 (5.5−8.0)^*

Values are odds ratios (95% confidence intervals).

12-month DSM-IV depressive and/or anxiety disorders; physical disorders included stroke, heart attack, heart disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, ulcer, HIV/AIDS, epilepsy, tuberculosis and cancer; pain conditions included : arthritis, 12-month chronic back/neck problems, 12-month frequent or severe headaches and/or other 12-month chronic pain.

p< 0.05.