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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Jul;65(7):805–815. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.7.805

Table 2.

Twelve-Month Prevalence and Odds Ratios (OR) of DSM-IV Axis I Psychiatric Disorders by Pregnancy Status.

Disorder Non-Pregnant Women (N=13,025)
Past Year Pregnant Women (N=1,524)
OR (CI) AORa (CI) Postpartum Women (N=994)
OR (CI) AORa (CI)
% SE % SE % SE
Any psychiatric disorder 30.1 (0.8) 25.3 (1.3) 0.78 (0.69–0.90) 0.75 (0.62–0.90) 25.7 (1.8) 0.80 (0.68–0.95) 0.81 (0.65–1.02)
Any new onset psychiatric disorder (current but not prior to the past 12 months ) 7.0 (0.3) 8.0 (0.8) 1.16 (0.92–1.46) 0.97 (0.75–1.25) 8.3 (1.1) 1.20 (0.89–1.61) 0.96 (0.69–1.33)
Any substance use disorder 19.9 (0.7) 14.6 (1.2) 0.68 (0.57–0.82) 0.56 (0.44–0.71) 12.0 (1.3) 0.55 (0.43–0.69) 0.44 (0.33–0.59)
 Any alcohol use disorder 7.6 (0.4) 3.6 (0.5) 0.45 (0.34–0.60) 0.49 (0.36–0.67) 2.9 (0.6) 0.36 (0.23–0.54) 0.41 (0.27–0.64)
 Any drug use disorder 2.0 (0.2) 1.6 (0.4) 0.82 (0.49–1.37) 0.52 (0.29–0.94) 1.3 (0.5) 0.63 (0.30–1.34) 0.50 (0.23–1.08)
 Nicotine dependence 14.6 (0.6) 12.5 (1.1) 0.84 (0.68–1.02) 0.79 (0.64–0.97) 10.7 (1.2) 0.70 (0.55–0.89) 0.60 (0.47–0.76)
Any mood disorder 13.7 (0.5) 13.3 (1.1) 0.96 (0.80–1.16) 1.04 (0.83–1.32) 15.2 (1.5) 1.13 (0.90–1.40) 1.28 (0.97–1.69)
 MDD 8.1 (0.9) 8.4 (0.4) 0.95 (0.75–1.20) 1.24 (0.94–1.64) 9.3 (1.1) 1.11 (0.84–1.46) 1.52 (1.07–2.15)
 Dysthymia 2.0 (0.2) 0.9 (0.4) 0.46 (0.21–1.00) 0.51 (0.22–1.18) 1.0 (0.5) 0.49 (0.18–1.33) 0.74 (0.26–2.07)
 Bipolar disorder 2.3 (0.2) 2.8 (0.5) 1.26 (0.86–1.84) 1.09 (0.70–1.70) 2.9 (0.6) 1.31 (0.86–2.00) 1.08 (0.66–1.78)
Any anxiety disorder 14.9 (0.6) 13.0 (1.1) 0.85 (0.70–1.03) 0.99 (0.68–1.43) 12.3 (1.3) 0.81 (0.65–1.00) 0.89 (0.57–1.38)
 Panic disorder 3.0 (0.2) 2.2 (0.5) 0.73 (0.46–1.15) 0.91 (0.53–1.56) 2.5 (0.6) 0.83 (0.50–1.39) 0.92 (0.48–1.73)
 Social anxiety disorder 2.8 (0.2) 1.8 (0.4) 0.65 (0.41–1.02) 0.66 (0.33–1.31) 1.0 (0.4) 0.34 (0.15–0.75) 0.36 (0.14–0.92)
 Specific phobia 10.2 (0.5) 9.2 (0.9) 0.89 (0.72–1.11) 0.93 (0.53–1.61) 8.7 (1.0) 0.84 (0.66–1.08) 0.97 (0.49–1.91)
 Generalized anxiety 1.8 (0.2) 1.3 (0.4) 0.73 (0.42–1.29) 1.57 (0.82–3.02) 1.5 (0.5) 0.81 (0.41–1.60) 1.78 (0.81–3.94)
Any psychotic disorder 0.3 (0.1) 0.4 (0.2) 1.14 (0.44–2.94) 1.50 (0.54–4.18) 0.5 (0.2) 1.60 (0.58–4.45) 1.98 (0.61–6.46)
Any substance use 73.8 (1.0) 63.0 (1.8) 0.60 (0.53–0.69) 0.66 (0.57–0.77) 62.1 (2.1) 0.58 (0.49–0.69) 0.63 (0.52–0.77)
 Any alcohol use 68.5 (0.9) 59.0 (1.7) 0.66 (0.58–0.75) 0.71 (0.61–0.81) 58.1 (2.1) 0.64 (0.54–0.75) 0.69 (0.57–0.83)
 Any tobacco use 26.6 (0.8) 21.9 (1.5) 0.77 (0.66–0.91) 0.76 (0.64–0.89) 21.5 (1.8) 0.75 (0.62–0.92) 0.69 (0.56–0.83)
 Any illicit drug use 6.8 (0.3) 6.2 (0.7) 0.91 (0.72–1.17) 0.87 (0.66–1.15) 6.1 (0.8) 0.89 (0.66–1.20) 0.93 (0.67–1.28)
Mean number of cigarettes smoked per day in last year (only among smokers) 15.9b 0.3 16.6b 1.4 t=0.52, p=0.60 B=0.05, SE=0.04, p=0.29c 16.3 b 1.6 t=0.23, p=0.82 B=0.04, SE=0.04, p=0.28 c

Abbreviations: SE, Standard Error; OR, Odds Ratio; AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI, 95% confidence interval.

a

Odds ratios adjusted for race/ethnicity, nativity, age, marital status, education, parity, lifetime history of row-defined disorder (disorder occurring prior to the past 12 months), overall health and number of stressful life events.

b

Mean

c

Linear regression controlled for race/ethnicity, nativity, age, marital status, education, parity, overall health and stressful life events.