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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Behav. 2010 Sep 21;12(1):1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2010.08.008

Table 2.

Odds Ratios of past 12 month Psychiatric Disorder by BMI for each Ethnic Racial Group Age and Gender Adjusted.

Non-Latino
White
Latino Asian African
American
Afro-
Caribbean
N=4112 N=2529 N=2079 N=3336 N=1370
Odds 95% Odds 95% Odds 95% Odds 95% Odds 95%
Ratio CI Ratio CI Ratio CI Ratio CI Ratio CI
Depression
     Major
Depressive Episode
1.30 (1.04-
1.62)*
1.06 (0.80-
1.42)
1.01 (0.49-
2.07)
1.08 (0.79-
1.48)
1.82 (0.50-
6.70)
     Dysthymia 1.42 (1.02-
2.00)*
0.79 (0.41-
1.52
1.72 (0.54-
5.45)
1.63 (0.94-
2.82)
0.39 (0.05-
3.02)
     Any
Depressive Disorder
Anxiety
1.26 (1.02-
1.56)*
1.03 (0.76-
1.38)
1.10 (0.60-
2.02)
1.14 (0.82-
1.57)
1.83 (0.50-
6.68)
     Agoraphobia
without panic
0.75 (0.36-
1.58)
2.39 (1.30-
4.38)*
2.92 (0.42-
20.28)
1.74 (0.84-
3.59)
2.25 (0.25-
20.16)
     Panic Disorder 1.57 (1.12-
2.21)*
1.09 (0.58-
2.06)
1.24 (0.43-
3.60)
1.56 (0.99-
2.48)
0.30 (0.04-
2.38)
     GAD 1.31 (1.01-
1.71)*
0.81 (0.46-
1.41)
0.90 (0.29-
2.77)
1.53 (0.85-
2.75)
1.61 (0.36-
7.18)
     Social Phobia 1.05 (0.86-
1.29)
1.34 (0.89-
2.03)
1.01 (0.47-
2.19)
1.15 (0.70-
1.90)
2.49 (0.70-
8.86)
     PTSD 1.59 (1.17-
2.17)*
1.08 (0.55-
2.11)
3.54 (1.32-
9.49)*
1.51 (0.93-
2.46)
0.81 (0.17-
3.89)
     Any Anxiety
Disorder
1.10 (0.91-
1.33)
1.35 (0.95-
1.91)
1.18 (0.65-
2.15)
1.45 (1.02-
2.05)*
2.01 (0.73-
5.53)
Substance
Abuse/Dependence
Disorder
     Alcohol
Dependence/Abuse
0.60 (0.33-
1.06)
0.92 (0.43-
1.96)
2.15 (0.74-
6.31)
0.42 (0.18-
0.96)*
0.11 (0.00-
2.28)
     Drug
Dependence/Abuse
1.04 (0.43-
2.51)
0.74 (0.25-
2.19)
0.37 (0.10-
1.28)
0.46 (0.14-
1.53)
0.23 (0.01-
4.64)
     Any Substance
Disorder
0.72 (0.36-
1.42)
0.74 (0.40-
1.36)
1.16 (0.35-
3.92)
0.44 (0.21-
0.92)*
0.21 (0.02-
2.58)
Any Disorder 1.12 (0.95-
1.33)
1.22 (0.89-
1.68)
0.89 (0.59-
1.35)
1.16 (0.90-
1.49)
2.23 (0.74-
6.77)
*

p<.05