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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2009 Nov 26;40(9):1495–1505. doi: 10.1017/S0033291709991942

Table 2.

Association of gender with first disorder onset, averaged across levels of marital status, and within each level of marital status, all countries combined.

Odds of first disorder onset among women relative to men
Averaged
across levels
of marital
status1
Among those
never
married2
Among those
in first
marriage2
Among those
previously
married2
gender ×
marital
status
interaction
OR3
(95% CI)
OR3
(95% CI)
OR3
(95% CI)
OR3
(95% CI)
χ2
Major depressive
disorder/ Dysthymia
1.8 (1.7, 1.9) 1.5 (1.2, 1.9) 2.1 (1.5, 2.9) 1.4 (0.9, 2.0) 14.7*
Bipolar I/II 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) 1.0 (0.6, 1.5) 1.0 (0.5, 1.9) 1.0 (0.4, 2.3) 0.00
Any mood disorder 1.6 (1.6, 1.8) 1.3 (1.1, 1.6) 1.8 (1.4, 2.4) 1.2 (0.9, 1.8) 17.3*
Panic disorder 1.8 (1.6, 2.2) 1.8 (1.1, 2.8) 3.4 (1.8, 6.4) 2.7 (1.3, 5.8) 8.4*
Generalized anxiety
disorder
1.7 (1.5, 1.9) 1.8 (1.2, 2.7) 2.3 (1.2, 4.3) 1.8 (0.9, 3.5) 2.0
Agoraphobia 1.9 (1.5, 2.4) 1.8 (0.8, 3.9) 1.7 (0.5, 6.5) 0.8 (0.2, 3.2) 1.1
Social phobia 1.3 (1.2, 1.4) 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) 1.7 (0.9, 3.2) 1.1 (0.4, 2.9) 1.9
Specific phobia 1.8 (1.7, 2.0) 1.7 (1.3, 2.3) 1.6 (0.9, 3.0) 1.3 (0.5, 3.2) 0.4
Posttraumatic stress
disorder
2.8 (2.4, 3.2) 3.1 (2.0, 4.8) 3.7 (1.5, 9.0) 4.6 (1.9, 11.3) 1.3
Any anxiety disorder 1.7 (1.6, 1.8) 1.5 (1.2, 1.8) 1.6 (1.1, 2.2) 1.6 (1.1, 2.4) 0.3
Alcohol abuse 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) 0.6 (0.5, 0.9) 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) 0.8 (0.4, 1.4) 17.2*
Alcohol dependence 0.3 (0.3, 0.4) 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 0.4 (0.2, 0.8) 0.9 (0.4, 1.9) 13.3*
Drug abuse 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 0.5 (0.2, 1.2) 1.0 (0.3, 2.9) 2.8*
Any substance
disorder
0.3 (0.2, 0.3) 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) 0.4 (0.2, 0.7) 0.8 (0.4, 1.4) 17.1*
1

Model is for all person years and includes: gender, age at interview, age squared, age at disorder onset, marital status, country.

2

Model is for all person years and includes: age at interview, age squared, age at disorder onset, marital status, country, gender×age at interview, gender×age at disorder onset, gender×marital status (3 levels of marital status).

3

Reference group = males.

*

p<0.05.