Table 3.
Lifetime Psychiatric comorbidity of individuals with and without lifetime history of firesetting
| Comorbid psychiatric disorders | Firesetters N=407 | General population N=41,552 | Adjusted Odds Ratios (95% Confidence Intervals) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic Characteristicsa | Sociodemographic Characteristic and Other Psychiatric Disordersb | |||||||
| % | SE | % | SE | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | |
| Any Psychiatric diagnoses | 95.1 | 1.3 | 53.6 | 0.9 | 12.8 | (7.3- 22.4) | 12.8 | (7.3- 22.4) |
| Any Axis I diagnoses | 90.9 | 1.9 | 51.2 | 0.9 | 7.2 | (4.5- 11.5) | 3.6 | (2.2- 5.9) |
| Any Substance Use Disorder | 80.4 | 2.5 | 38.2 | 0.8 | 4.3 | (3.0- 6.3) | 2.5 | (1.7- 3.6) |
| Any alcohol use disorder | 71.7 | 3.0 | 29.9 | 0.8 | 3.8 | (2.7- 5.3) | 1.6 | (1.1- 2.3) |
| Alcohol abuse | 27.4 | 2.8 | 17.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | (0.9- 1.6) | 0.9 | (0.7- 1.3) |
| Alcohol dependence | 44.3 | 3.2 | 12.2 | 0.4 | 3.5 | (2.6- 4.7) | 1.3 | (1.0- 1.8) |
| Any drug use disorder | 48.4 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 5.4 | (4.0- 7.2) | 2.4 | (1.8- 3.3) |
| Drug abuse | 26.3 | 2.5 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 2.6 | (1.9- 3.5) | 1.3 | (0.9- 1.8) |
| Drug dependence | 22.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 7.6 | (5.2- 10.9) | 2.6 | (1.8- 3.7) |
| Nicotine dependence | 43.0 | 3.1 | 17.6 | 0.5 | 2.7 | (2.0- 3.7) | 1.0 | (0.8- 1.4) |
| Any mood disorder | 40.3 | 3.2 | 18.5 | 0.4 | 3.3 | (2.5- 4.29 | 1.0 | (0.8- 1.4) |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 15.9 | 2.1 | 13.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | (1.0- 1.9) | 0.7 | (0.5- 1.0) |
| Bipolar Disorder | 23.0 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 5.6 | (4.0- 7.9) | 1.6 | (1.1- 2.2) |
| Dysthymia | 7.7 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 3.1 | (1.9- 5.0) | 1.3 | (0.8- 2.2) |
| Any anxiety disorder | 32.9 | 3.1 | 17.4 | 0.5 | 2.7 | (2.0- 3.6) | 0.9 | (0.7- 1.3) |
| Panic disorder | 13.3 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 3.3 | (2.3- 4.8) | 1.3 | (0.9- 2.1) |
| Social phobia | 10.7 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | (1.3- 3.5) | 0.7 | (0.4- 1.2) |
| Specific phobia | 18.2 | 2.2 | 9.5 | 0.3 | 2.5 | (1.9- 3.4) | 1.1 | (0.8- 1.6) |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | 7.4 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 2.1 | (1.3- 3.3) | 0.7 | (0.4- 1.2) |
| Conduct disorder | 9.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 6.9 | (4.4- 10.9) | 6.1 | (3.6- 10.4) |
| Pathological Gambling | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.8 | (2.4- 9.5) | 1.4 | (0.6- 3.0) |
| Psychotic Disorder | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 5.0 | (2.2- 11.4) | 1.3 | (0.5- 3.4) |
| Any personality disorder | 68.9 | 2.7 | 14.5 | 0.3 | 11.2 | (8.8- 14.2) | 7.9 | (5.9- 10.6) |
| Avoidant | 6.7 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | (1.6- 4.4) | 0.6 | (0.3- 1.5) |
| Dependant | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.3 | (1.4- 7.9) | 0.5 | (0.2- 1.5) |
| Obsessive-compulsive | 30.4 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 4.7 | (3.6- 6.2) | 2.2 | (1.5- 3.1) |
| Paranoid | 17.2 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 4.4 | (3.1- 6.2) | 1.0 | (0.6- 1.7) |
| Schizoid | 11.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 3.4 | (2.4- 4.9) | 0.9 | (0.5- 1.7) |
| Histrionic | 12.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 5.8 | (4.0- 8.6) | 1.5 | (0.9- 2.7) |
| Antisocial | 51.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 21.8 | (16.6- 28.5) | 14.3 | (10.1- 20.3) |
a
Odds ratios adjusted for sex, race, nativity, age, personal income, marital status, and region
b
Odds ratios adjusted for sex, race, nativity, age, personal income, marital status, region, and other psychiatric disorders.