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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2011 Nov 21;42(7):1449–1459. doi: 10.1017/S0033291711002637

Table 3.

Familial aggregation of co-morbid anxiety disorders in the major depressive disorder samplea

Diagnosis in relatives
Relative diagnosis Proband with anxiety disorder, n (%) Proband without anxiety disorder, n (%) aOR1b (95% CI) p aOR2c (95% CI) p aOR3d (95% CI) p
Panic disorder 99/250 (39.6) 179/801 (22.4) 2.32 (1.69–3.19) <0.001 2.22 (1.60–3.07) <0.001 1.98 (1.41–2.78) <0.001
Social phobia 30/137 (21.9) 133/914 (14.6) 1.58 (0.99–2.53) 0.057 1.40 (0.86–2.30) 0.18 1.32 (0.80–2.19) 0.28
Specific phobia 22/104 (21.2) 85/947 (9.0) 2.93 (1.69–5.10) <0.001 2.42 (1.36–4.33) 0.003 2.43 (1.35–4.38) 0.003
OCD 14/66 (21.2) 76/985 (7.7) 2.88 (1.49–5.56) 0.002 2.64 (1.36–5.15) 0.004 2.60 (1.29–5.24) 0.008

aOR, Adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder.

a

All relatives with recurrent MDD diagnosis.

b

Adjusted for age at interview, site of ascertainment, and sex.

c

Adjusted for age at interview, site of ascertainment, sex, and additional anxiety disorder co-morbidity in relatives.

d

Adjusted for age at interview, site of ascertainment, sex, and additional anxiety disorder co-morbidity in relatives and probands.