Table 4.
12-month Psychiatric comorbidity of inviduals 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 Characteristics and Other Psychiatric Disordersb | |||||||
| % | SE | % | SE | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | |
| Any Axis I diagnoses | 63.7 | 2.9 | 29.7 | 0.6 | 3.4 | (2.6- 4.4) | 1.7 | (1.2- 2.2) |
| Any Substance Use Disorder | 47.3 | 3.1 | 18.6 | 0.5 | 2.6 | (2.0- 3.5) | 1.6 | (1.1- 2.1) |
| Any alcohol use disorder | 27.7 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | (1.8- 3.3) | 1.3 | (0.9- 1.8) |
| Alcohol abuse | 10.8 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | (0.9- 2.4) | 1.1 | (0.7- 1.9) |
| Alcohol dependence | 16.9 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 3.0 | (2.2- 4.0) | 1.2 | (0.8- 1.7) |
| Any drug use disorder | 13.9 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 4.7 | (2.9- 7.4) | 1.8 | (1.0- 3.1) |
| Drug abuse | 10.2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 4.0 | (2.3- 6.7) | 1.6 | (0.9- 3.0) |
| Drug dependence | 7.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 7.8 | (4.4- 13.8) | 2.2 | (1.1- 4.7) |
| Nicotine dependence | 34.5 | 3.0 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 2.7 | (2.0- 3.7) | 1.4 | (1.0- 1.9) |
| Any mood disorder | 22.7 | 2.4 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 3.3 | (2.5- 4.4) | 1.2 | (0.8- 1.7) |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 8.5 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | (1.2- 2.7) | 0.8 | (0.5- 1.4) |
| Bipolar | 12.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 4.7 | (3.2- 6.8) | 1.3 | (0.8- 2.1) |
| Dysthymia | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 3.6 | (1.7- 7.3) | 1.4 | (0.6- 3.1) |
| Any anxiety disorder | 21.7 | 2.6 | 11.2 | 0.3 | 2.5 | (1.8- 3.4) | 0.9 | (0.6- 1.3) |
| Panic disorder | 6.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 3.9 | (2.5- 5.9) | 1.8 | (1.1- 3.0) |
| Social phobia | 4.2 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | (0.9- 2.6) | 0.5 | (0.3- 0.9) |
| Specific phobia | 13.4 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | (1.6- 3.3) | 1.1 | (0.8- 1.6) |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | 3.7 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.1 | (1.1- 3.8) | 0.6 | (0.3- 1.3) |
| Pathological gambling | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.8 | (3.3- 18.6) | 2.7 | (1.0- 7.0) |
| mean | SE | mean | SE | Wald F | p-value | Wald F | p-value | |
| Social Functioning Scale | 49.9 | 0.6 | 51.8 | 0.1 | 20.15 | <0.0001 | 0.07 | 0.7983 |
| Role Emotional Scale | 49.9 | 0.6 | 51.0 | 0.1 | 12.58 | 0.0007 | 2.15 | 0.1477 |
| Mental Health Scale | 49.4 | 0.7 | 52.2 | 0.1 | 28.36 | <0.0001 | 0.88 | 0.3510 |
| Physical Component Summary | 51.3 | 0.6 | 50.6 | 0.1 | 3.79 | 0.0559 | 0.12 | 0.7333 |
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.