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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2011 Aug 16;42(4):875–887. doi: 10.1017/S003329171100153X

Table 2. Lifetime psychiatric comorbidity of individuals with and without ADHD in the NESARCa.

ADHD General Population
N=807; 2.51% N=33,846; 97,49%
% CI % CI ORb CI AORc CI AORd CI
Any psychiatric 94.98 92.78 96.54 64.54 63.22 65.84 10.40 7.07 15.30 7.57 5 15 11.13 7.57 5.15 11.13
Any Axis I disorder 92.64 90.22 94.50 61.95 60.52 63.36 7.73 5.70 10.50 5.59 4.13 7.58 3.24 2.35 4.47
Any substance use disorders 71.68 67.30 75.68 44.45 42.88 46.03 3.16 2.60 3.85 2.16 1.75 2.67 1.22 0.98 1.53
Nicotine Dependence 44.82 40.49 49.24 22.57 21.55 23.61 2.79 2.35 3.31 1.91 1 60 2.28 0.92 0.74 1.14
Any alcohol use disorder 57.01 52.30 61.60 33.97 32.48 35.49 2.58 2.14 3.11 1.87 1.53 2.29 0.88 0.71 1.10
 Alcohol abuse 18.08 14.86 21.82 19.33 18.31 20.39 0.92 0.72 1.17 0.78 0.61 1.00 0.84 0.66 1.07
 Alcohol dependence 38.93 34.76 43.28 14.64 13.91 15.40 3.72 3.11 4.44 2.48 2.04 3.01 1.24 1.00 1.55
Any drug use disorder 35.68 31.87 39.67 11.39 10.74 12.09 4.31 3.65 5.10 2.75 2.29 3.30 1.19 0.95 1.49
 Drug abuse 27.88 24.48 31.56 9.70 9.12 10.32 3.60 3.01 4.30 2.30 1.89 2.79 1.10 0.87 1.40
 Drug dependence 15.16 12.30 18.55 3.07 2.78 3.39 5.65 4.44 7.19 3.35 2.61 4.31 1.01 0.73 1.38
Any Mood Disorder 60.50 56.41 64.45 23.13 22.36 23.91 5.09 4.27 6.07 4.53 3.77 5.44 1.97 1.50 2.59
 Major depressive disorder 26.39 22.73 30.41 16.17 15.55 16.80 1.86 1.51 2.29 1.74 1.40 2.16 0.96 0.72 1.27
 Bipolar disorder 33.56 29.37 38.03 6.23 5.88 6.61 7.60 6.24 9.25 5.56 4.49 6.89 2.47 1.87 3.25
 Dysthymia 6.09 4.41 8.37 3.36 3.15 3.60 1.86 1.31 2.64 1.72 1.20 2.48 0.62 0.39 0.98
Any anxiety disorder 60.74 56.43 64.90 27.24 26.29 28.21 4.13 3.45 4.95 3.93 3.29 4.71 1.85 1.47 2.31
 Panic disorder 22.00 18.89 25.46 7.02 6.62 7.44 3.74 3.05 4.57 3.22 2.62 3.98 1.10 0.81 1.48
 Social anxiety disorder 22.82 19.37 26.68 6.62 6.22 7.05 4.17 3.38 5.15 3.39 2.73 4.22 1.12 0.84 1.49
 Specific phobia 35.75 31.64 40.08 14.61 13.89 15.36 3.25 2.70 3.92 3.07 2.53 3.71 1.39 1.09 1.77
 Posttraumatic stress disorder 21.99 18.55 25.87 6.02 5.68 6.38 4.40 3.52 5.51 4.17 3.30 5.26 1.84 1.37 2.48
 Generalized anxiety disorder 25.99 22.34 30.01 7.19 6.77 7.64 4.53 3.69 5.57 4.23 3.41 5.24 1.42 1.05 1.93
Pathological gambling 1.54 0.82 2.88 0.39 0.30 0.49 4.04 2.01 8.12 3.26 1.60 6.65 1.13 0.49 2.58
Conduct disorder 20.23 17.02 23.87 4.27 3.95 4.62 5.68 4.56 7.09 3.62 2.86 4.58 1.20 0.88 1.63
Psychotic disorder 8.81 6.75 11.41 2.97 2.65 3.33 3.16 2.33 4.28 3.14 2.28 4.32 1.42 1.02 1.99
Any personality disorder 62.79 58.59 66.81 20.46 19.72 21.22 6.56 5.52 7.79 5.25 4.40 6.25 2.82 2.25 3.54
 Avoidant 10.61 8.50 13.16 2.11 1.90 2.34 5.50 4.26 7.11 3.85 2.92 5.06 0.94 0.66 1.33
 Dependent 3.06 2.01 4.64 0.36 0.27 0.47 8.79 5.34 14.46 5.41 3.16 9.27 0.89 0.46 1.70
 Obsessive-compulsive 19.34 16.17 22.97 7.78 7.35 8.24 2.84 2.28 3.54 2.55 2.04 3.19 0.85 0.63 1.15
 Paranoid 14.76 11.98 18.04 4.06 3.76 4.39 4.09 3.20 5.21 3.04 2.34 3.96 0.71 0.51 1.00
 Schizoid 9.19 7.14 11.75 2.91 2.67 3.17 3.38 2.55 4.48 2.65 1.98 3.55 0.65 0.45 0.95
 Schizotypal 22.42 19.04 26.21 3.46 3.19 3.75 8.07 6.58 9.91 6.10 4.90 7.58 2.27 1.70 3.04
 Narcisistic 25.16 21.82 28.83 5.69 5.31 6.10 5.57 4.59 6.76 4.85 3.92 6.01 2.23 1.75 2.85
 Borderline 33.69 29.90 37.71 5.17 4.83 5.54 9.32 7.73 11.22 6.83 5.59 8.36 2.84 2.19 3.68
 Histrionic 10.74 8.34 13.72 1.57 1.42 1.74 7.54 5.71 9.95 5.25 3.92 7.04 1.62 1.12 2.34
 Antisocial 18.86 15.80 22.35 3.46 3.16 3.78 6.49 5.17 8.15 3.98 3.12 5.07 1.53 1.13 2.07
a

Figures in bold face are significant at p < 0.05

b

OR=Odd Ratios

c

Adjusted for Sociodemographic characteristics

d

Adjusted for Sociodemographic characteristics and other psychiatric disorders