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. 2009 Sep 29;339:b3677. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3677

Table 4.

 Partial risk scores* for women and men for select clinical categories

Category† Women (95% CI) Men (95% CI)
Alcohol, substance related mental disorders 1.455 (1.440 to 1.471) 1.253 (1.235 to 1.271)
Injuries from external causes 0.885 (0.843 to 0.925) 0.175 (0.098 to 0.249)
Poisoning 1.326 (1.279 to 1.373) 1.039 (0.960 to 1.115)
Affective disorders 1.435 (1.410 to 1.459) 1.726 (1.688 to 1.764)
Other mental conditions 1.283 (1.260 to 1.305) 1.640 (1.606 to 1.673)
Other psychoses 1.065 (0.980 to 1.148) 1.326 (1.209 to 1.434)

*The higher the partial risk score, the more predictive the category of diagnoses is of abuse.

†First three categories listed are more predictive of abuse in women than in men. Second three categories listed are more predictive of abuse in men than in women.