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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Crim Justice. 2011 Mar 5;39(3):212–217. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.02.003

Table 2.

Psychiatric Correlates of Male and Female Adults With and Without a Lifetime History of Abstaining Behavior.

Psychiatric Disorder Male Abstainers (N = 1,038) Female Abstainers (N = 3,742) Male Non-Abstainers (N = 17,480) Female Non-Abstainers (N = 20,833) Male Abstainers
AOR (95% CI)
Female Abstainers
AOR (95% CI)
% (95% CIa) % (95% CIa) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Mood disorders
 Major depressive Disorder 2.86 (1.83–4.43) 7.30 (6.00–8.85) 12.31 (11.68–12.97) 23.11 (22.09–24.16) 0.40 (0.270.60) 0.47 (0.390.57)
 Bipolar disorder 1.41 (0.74–2.70) 1.43 (0.99–2.07) 5.87 (5.45–6.34) 6.32 (5.83–6.83) 0.54 (0.28–1.06) 0.56 (0.380.83)
 Dysthymia 0.90 (0.38–2.15) 1.75 (1.29–2.36) 3.13 (2.81–3.48) 6.09 (5.66–6.56) 1.10 (0.50–2.41) 0.76 (0.54–1.06)
Anxiety disorders
 Panic disorder 0.55 (0.22–1.34) 2.19 (1.60–2.99) 2.72 (2.43–3.05) 5.78 (5.34–6.26) 0.46 (0.18–1.17) 0.77 (0.55–1.08)
 Social phobia 1.21(0.54–2.70) 2.67 (1.98–3.59) 4.37 (3.94–4.84) 6.17 (5.66–6.72) 0.78 (0.34–1.81) 1.09 (0.79–1.49)
 Specific phobia 1.52 (0.84–2.72) 5.61 (4.59–6.84) 6.42 (5.89–7.01) 13.45 (12.64–14.31) 0.41 (0.230.72) 0.60 (0.490.75)
 Generalized anxiety disorder 0.73 (0.26–2.04) 1.67 (1.20–2.33) 2.94 (2.58–3.33) 5.95 (5.46–6.48) 0.93 (0.33–2.62) 0.80 (0.57–1.13)
Psychotic disorder 0.24 (0.04–1.26) 0.22 (0.09–0.53) 0.85 (0.68–1.06) 0.89 (0.75–1.05) 0.53 (0.09–3.07) 0.53 (0.22–1.32)
Substance use disorders
 Alcohol use Disorder 0.00 0.00 44.32 (42.37–46.29) 22.71 (21.44–24.03) * *
 Illicit drug use disorder 0.00 0.00 7.32 (6.74–7.95) 4.35 (3.94–4.80) * *
 Marijuana Use disorder 0.00 0.00 12.44 (11.65–13.27) 6.28 (5.76–6.84) * *
Pathological Gambling 0.00 0.00 0.67 (0.54–0.84) 0.26 (0.20–0.35) * *
Family history of antisocial Behavior 7.52 (5.76–9.76) 10.18 (8.80–11.76) 22.03 (20.87–23.24) 26.43 (25.26–27.64) 0.44 (0.330.58) 0.50 (0.430.58)
Personality Disorders
 Antisocial PD * 1.89 (1.69–2.12) 5.84 (5.33–6.38) 2.20 (1.96–2.47) * *
 Avoidant PD 0.39 (0.08–1.82) 1.08 (0.76–1.53) 2.00 (1.73–2.30) 3.04 (2.70–3.41) 0.74 (0.14–3.80) 1.35 (0.86–2.14)
 Obsessive-Compulsive PD 2.07 (1.27–3.35) 3.22 (2.47–4.20) 8.19 (7.63–8.79) 8.65 (8.08–9.26) 0.53 (0.310.89) 0.79 (0.57–1.09)
 Paranoid PD 0.35 (0.17–0.75) 1.46 (1.04–2.04) 4.02 (3.62–4.46) 5.53 (5.09–6.00) 0.27 (0.120.59) 0.54 (0.360.81)
 Schizoid PD 0.27 (0.10–0.77) 0.97 (0.64–1.46) 3.35 (3.00–3.73) 3.42 (3.11–3.76) 0.19 (0.070.56) 0.75 (0.48–1.17)
 Histrionic PD 0.33 (0.09–1.14) 0.28 (0.14–0.56) 1.97 (1.72–2.27) 2.05 (1.82–2.30) 0.58 (0.16–2.10) 0.42 (0.200.87)

Note:

a

CI: confidence interval,

b

OR: odds ratio adjusted for sociodemographic variables, lifetime psychiatric disorders, and a family history of antisocial behavior.

OR values in bold are statistically significant.