Table 1.
Characteristics of Study Participants With Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) (N = 128)
| Characteristic | Patients With GAD |
| Demographic | |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 38.16 (12.27) |
| Sex, female, n (%) | 96 (75) |
| Race, n (%) | |
| White | 108 (84) |
| Black | 10 (8) |
| Hispanic | 4 (3) |
| Other | 6 (5) |
| Married, n (%) | 73 (57) |
| Insurance, n (%) | |
| Private | 86 (67) |
| Medicare, Medicaid, public assistance | 32 (25) |
| None | 15 (12) |
| Military | 1 (1) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| < High school | 9 (7) |
| Graduated high school | 82 (64) |
| Graduated 4-year college | 22 (17) |
| Graduate/professional degree | 15 (12) |
| Clinical | |
| Age at onset of GAD, mean (SD), y | 22.17 (15.33) |
| No. of lifetime psychiatric disorders, mean (SD) | 3.46 (1.58) |
| No. of current psychiatric disorders, mean (SD) | 2.70 (1.43) |
| Current major depressive disorder, n (%) | 54 (42) |
| Current social phobia, n (%) | 28 (22) |
| Current panic disorder with agoraphobia, n (%) | 32 (25) |
| Current posttraumatic stress disorder, n (%) | 18 (14) |
| Current panic disorder without agoraphobia, n (%) | 13 (10) |
| Current obsessive-compulsive disorder, n (%) | 10 (8) |
| Past psychiatric hospitalizations, n (%) | 18 (14) |