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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: CNS Spectr. 2009 Jul;14(7):372–383. doi: 10.1017/s1092852900023026

Table 2.

Prevalence of psychiatric disorders by gender and weight group.

Diagnosis Males Females
Under-weight
n (%)
Normal weight
n (%)
Over-weight
n (%)
Obese
n (%)
Morbidly obese
n (%)
p Under-weight
n (%)
Normal weight
n (%)
Over-weight
n (%)
Obese
n (%)
Morbidly obese
n (%)
p
 
Any Axis I Disorder 43 (22.44) 1,454 (24.70) 1,685 (21.52) 691 (24.07) 307 (25.02) .01 187 (26.32) 2,268 (22.70) 1,467 (22.66) 905 (27.37) 741 (33.95) P< .001
 
 Any Mood Disorder 23 (12.31) 482 (7.90) 472 (5.95) 235 (8.24) 122 (9.38) P< .001 95 (13.45) 1,025 (10.00) 678 (10.13) 458 (13.56) 394 (17.75) P< .001
  Major Depression 16 (7.30) 341 (5.49) 312 (3.95) 162 (5.64) 91 (6.47) P< .001 75 (10.63) 838 (8.28) 550 (8.31) 355 (10.75) 314 (14.57) P< .001
  Dysthymia 5 (3.00) 86 (1.20) 73 (0.85) 53 (1.84) 26 (2.08) .02 20 (2.92) 184 (1.80) 149 (2.16) 102 (2.97) 122 (5.34) P< .001
  Mania 7 (5.33) 102 (1.75) 105 (1.31) 44 (1.48) 18 (1.58) .21 19 (2.60) 147 (1.36) 109 (1.53) 70 (2.13) 88 (4.07) P< .001
  Hypomania 2 (0.98) 87 (1.59) 72 (1.05) 33 (1.26) 14 (1.13) .45 6 (0.95) 105 (1.04) 68 (1.03) 55 (1.46) 32 (1.23) .62
 
 Any Anxiety Disorder 16 (8.03) 438 (7.12) 576 (7.45) 255 (8.87) 109 (9.06) .07 109 (15.16) 1,227 (12.28) 883 (14.15) 550 (17.55) 468 (21.80) P< .001
  Panic Disorder1 3 (1.26) 74 (1.04) 108 (1.33) 38 (1.37) 24 (1.85) .36 17 (2.40) 231 (2.33) 170 (2.93) 100 (2.97) 116 (5.65) P< .001
  Social phobia 6 (2.66) 131 (2.20) 152 (1.91) 76 (2.63) 28 (2.24) .38 18 (1.92) 266 (2.76) 202 (3.51) 119 (3.74) 121 (6.38) P< .001
  Simple phobia 10 (4.04) 259 (4.34) 347 (4.43) 162 (5.47) 58 (5.12) .29 77 (11.33) 795 (7.96) 603 (9.54) 382 (12.53) 285 (12.92) P< .001
  Generalized anxiety 4 (1.60) 77 (1.07) 92 (1.33) 36 (1.31) 21 (1.81) .51 25 (3.21) 228 (2.23) 168 (2.64) 117 (3.90) 105 (4.78) P< .001
 
 Any SUD 20 (11.32) 910 (16.07) 990 (12.84) 347 (12.04) 140 (11.27) P< .001 47 (6.58) 631 (6.68) 304 (4.98) 152 (4.50) 104 (4.64) P< .001
  Alcohol ab/dep2 17 (9.57) 818 (14.51) 923 (11.93) 323 (11.24) 126 (10.15) P< .001 39 (5.55) 572 (6.05) 265 (4.27) 131 (3.68) 84 (3.88) P< .001
  Drug ab/dep 6 (3.05) 233 (4.13) 168 (2.33) 66 (2.11) 22 (1.89) P< .001 15 (2.22) 131 (1.34) 69 (1.15) 33 (1.19) 28 (1.16) .46
  Nicotine dependence 29 (18.32) 963 (17.32) 891 (12.40) 363 (13.85) 138 (13.35) P< .001 110 (15.47) 1,098 (11.50) 698 (11.80) 342 (11.31) 253 (11.34) .24

Any Axis II Disorder 25 (14.00) 944 (16.21) 1,112 (14.11) 514 (17.56) 225 (20.12) P< .001 111 (15.77) 1,271 (12.37) 943 (13.91) 575 (17.40) 475 (21.17) P< .001
 
 Any Cluster A 11 (6.78) 398 (6.54) 411 (4.77) 215 (6.47) 100 (8.96) P< .001 59 (7.03) 579 (5.08) 501 (6.69) 306 (8.89) 272 (11.51) P< .001
  Paranoid 7 (4.22) 276 (4.63) 265 (3.01) 142 (3.98) 62 (5.27) P< .001 45 (5.03) 439 (3.75) 379 (5.02) 234 (6.91) 209 (8.70) P< .001
  Schizoid 6 (5.20) 211 (3.36) 224 (2.70) 103 (3.47) 56 (5.27) .02 29 (3.99) 258 (2.23) 237 (3.16) 146 (4.08) 130 (5.80) P< .001
 
 Any Cluster B 12 (5.81) 428 (7.82) 424 (5.51) 217 (7.71) 106 (9.22) P< .001 31 (4.13) 299 (2.85) 253 (3.95) 122 (3.37) 125 (5.37) 0.0017
  Histrionic 6 (3.09) 141 (2.42) 109 (1.42) 63 (1.76) 35 (2.75) .01 21 (2.63) 179 (1.68) 120 (1.84) 62 (1.66) 62 (2.65) .19
  Antisocial 9 (4.04) 332 (6.29) 353 (4.60) 171 (6.42) 82 (7.15) P< .001 16 (2.31) 152 (1.39) 150 (2.40) 67 (1.90) 78 (3.33) P< .001
 
 Any Cluster C 13 (7.19) 453 (7.93) 601 (7.83) 260 (8.91) 104 (9.18) .37 54 (9.17) 752 (7.73) 503 (7.76) 312 (9.87) 262 (11.72) 0.0011
  Avoidant 9 (2.94) 123 (2.25) 116 (1.55) 67 (2.38) 24 (1.92) .06 14 (1.31) 215 (2.14) 173 (2.64) 119 (3.82) 120 (5.93) P< .001
  Dependent 2 (0.53) 25 (0.55) 17 (0.23) 11 (0.26) 6 (0.66) .14 7 (0.98) 41 (0.39) 38 (0.59) 26 (0.72) 30 (1.46) .01
  Obsessive-compulsive 12 (7.04) 447 (7.73) 594 (7.77) 257 (8.84) 99 (8.63) .43 50 (8.67) 730 (7.49) 482 (7.41) 299 (9.49) 245 (10.92) P< .001
1

With or without agoraphobia

2

ab/dep = abuse or dependence