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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2010 Nov;119(4):650–661. doi: 10.1037/a0020116

Table 2.

Comorbidity Expressed as Odds Ratios of DSM-IV Alcohol Use Disorders and Random Criteria Sets with Other Psychiatric Disorders

Comorbid Dx AUD Dx DSM-IV
OR
Mdn
OR
OR
Range
%ile % D > A
Major Depression Dependence 3.9 4.4 3.4 – 6.8 25th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.1 1.6 1.1 – 2.7 2nd
Abuse (w or w/out D) 2.2 2.5 2.0 – 4.4 18th
Dysthymia Dependence 3.1 3.4 2.6 – 5.6 28th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 0.6 1.3 0.6 – 2.2 1st
Abuse (w or w/out D) 1.7 2.0 1.6 – 3.9 12th
Bipolar I Dependence 6.4 6.1 4.6 – 9.5 61st 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.0 2.3 0.8 – 4.4 1st
Abuse (w or w/out D) 2.9 3.8 2.7 – 7.2 8th
Bipolar II Dependence 4.6 4.9 4.1 – 6.3 28th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.3 2.0 0.4 – 2.9 1st
Abuse (w or w/out D) 3.0 3.2 2.7 – 4.9 18th
Panic w/o ag. Dependence 2.3 2.4 1.9 – 3.0 24th 97.8
Abuse (w/o D) 1.2 1.3 1.0 – 3.2 12th
Abuse (w or w/out D) 1.7 1.7 1.5 – 3.0 56th
Panic w/ ag. Dependence 4.1 4.5 3.2 – 6.3 29th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.4 1.8 0.8 – 2.8 6th
Abuse (w or w/out D) 2.5 2.9 2.4 – 4.1 6th
Social Phobia Dependence 2.7 2.9 2.3 – 4.1 29th 98.2
Abuse (w/o D) 1.1 1.5 1.0 – 2.7 3rd
Abuse (w or w/out D) 1.7 2.0 1.6 – 3.0 10th
Specific Phobia Dependence 1.8 1.9 1.6 – 2.4 41st 99.1
Abuse (w/o D) 1.1 1.3 1.0 – 1.9 1st
Abuse (w or w/out D) 1.4 1.5 1.3 – 2.0 5th
GAD Dependence 3.1 3.5 2.7 – 4.5 19th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 0.9 1.5 0.8 – 2.7 1st
Abuse (w or w/out D) 1.8 2.2 1.7 – 3.7 10th
Paranoid PD Dependence 4.4 5.2 3.9 – 8.1 16th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.2 1.7 1.1 – 3.2 3rd
Abuse (w or w/out D) 2.7 2.8 2.3 – 5.8 25th
Schizoid PD Dependence 3.2 3.4 2.7 – 4.7 27th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.0 1.4 1.0 – 2.2 2nd
Abuse (w or w/out D) 1.9 2.1 1.7 – 3.3 19th
Schizotypal PD Dependence 2.8 3.3 2.4 – 5.1 18th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.0 1.5 1.0 – 2.2 1st
Abuse (w or w/out D) 1.9 2.1 1.7 – 3.8 10th
Histrionic PD Dependence 7.0 7.5 6.1 – 10.5 23rd 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.4 2.5 1.3 – 4.4 1st
Abuse (w or w/out D) 3.7 4.6 3.3 – 8.2 9th
Borderline PD Dependence 4.0 4.5 3.5 – 6.8 18th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.2 1.7 1.1 – 2.9 2nd
Abuse (w or w/out D) 2.4 2.6 2.1 – 5.1 31st
Narcissistic PD Dependence 2.9 3.4 2.7 – 5.0 8th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.1 1.4 1.0 – 1.9 3rd
Abuse (w or w/out D) 2.1 2.0 1.8 – 3.6 50th
Antisocial Dependence 6.4 7.6 5.7 – 11.4 12th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 2.3 2.2 1.8 – 4.8 66th
Abuse (w or w/out D) 4.9 4.2 3.5 – 9.3 84th
Dependent PD Dependence 7.9 10.1 6.7 – 18.6 9th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.1 1.5 0.0 – 3.0 9th
Abuse (w or w/out D) 4.1 4.7 3.4 – 10.5 19th
Ob-Comp PD Dependence 2.2 2.3 1.9 – 3.2 30th 100
Abuse (w/o D) 1.1 1.4 1.0 – 1.6 2nd
Abuse (w or w/out D) 1.5 1.7 1.5 – 2.3 10th
Avoidant PD Dependence 4.3 4.8 3.4 – 7.6 27th 99.1
Abuse (w/o D) 1.1 1.6 1.0 – 3.9 1st
Abuse (w or w/out D) 2.5 2.7 2.0 – 5.5 28th

Note. Dx = diagnosis; AUD = alcohol use disorder; OR = Odds Ratio; %ile = percentile; % D > A = Percentage of 330 permutations in which dependence criteria sets have greater odds ratios than abuse criteria sets; GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; ag = agoraphobia; PD = personality disorder; Abuse (w/o D) = alcohol abuse assuming hierarchical decision rule; Abuse (w or w/out D) = alcohol abuse with no hierarchical decision rule.