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Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Jul 1;166(9):1048–1054. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08121849

TABLE 3. Irritability in Early Adolescence as Predictor of Disorders at 20-Year Follow-Up, Controlling for Scaled Symptom Scores at Baseline^a.

	Adjustment for Baseline Scaled Score

	Major Depressive Disorder Score		Overanxious Disorder Score		Oppositional Defiant Disorder Score		Conduct Disorder Score

Disorder in Adulthood	Odds Ratio	95% CI	Odds Ratio	95% CI	Odds Ratio	95% CI	Odds Ratio	95% CI
Major depressive disorder	1.26	0.98–1.63	1.37^*	1.08–1.76	1.3	0.98–1.74	1.31^*	1.02–1.67
Generalized anxiety disorder	1.85^*	1.22–2.84	2.07^**	1.39–3.10	1.92^*	1.19–3.10	1.93^*	1.27–2.92
Dysthymia	1.92^**	1.20–3.06	2.02^**	1.33–3.05	2.03^*	1.18–3.46	1.80^**	1.16–2.82

All logistic regression models report unit-based increases in irritability associated with increases in the odds of disorder in adulthood, adjusted for age, sex, and family socioeconomic status. Imputed N=776.

p<0.05;

^**

p<0.01.

TABLE 3. Irritability in Early Adolescence as Predictor of Disorders at 20-Year Follow-Up, Controlling for Scaled Symptom Scores at Baselinea.

TABLE 3. Irritability in Early Adolescence as Predictor of Disorders at 20-Year Follow-Up, Controlling for Scaled Symptom Scores at Baseline^a.