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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2012 Sep 19;205(1-2):109–116. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.08.009

Table 1.

Demographic Features in BDD, Social Phobia, and BDD/Social Phobia

Variable BDD (n = 172) SP (n = 644) Comorbid BDD/SP (n = 125) Test Statistic df p
Gender (% male) 69 (40.1) 241 (37.4) 57 (45.6) χ2 = 3.05 2 0.217
Age (SD) 33.9 (11.2) 36.8 (11.7) 34.4 (10.7) F = 5.91 2, 938 0.003
BDD (n = 172) SP (n = 644) Comorbid BDD/SP (n = 125) OR: BDD vs. SP p OR: BDD vs. Comorbid BDD/SP p OR: SP vs. Comorbid BDD/SP p
Marital Status
    Never married (%) 109 (63.4) 289 (44.9) 79 (63.2) 1.89 (1.26-2.85) 0.002 0.93 (0.53-1.63) 0.796 0.49 (0.31-0.79) 0.003
Educational Attainment
    High school/GED or less (%) 43 (25.7) 234 (36.3) 31 (25.0) 0.62 (0.42-0.91) 0.015 1.04 (0.61-1.78) 0.887 1.67 (1.08-2.60) 0.021

Note. BDD = Body Dysmorphic Disorder, SP = Social Phobia, Comorbid BDD/SP = Comorbid Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Social Phobia; Age: BDD<SP, p=0.008.