Table 3.

Associations between disruptive mood dysregulation disorder in childhood and young adult health functioning and risky/illegal behaviors

	Noncase controls	Psychiat ric controls	DMDD cases	DMDD cases vs. Noncase controls			DMDD cases vs. Psychiatric controls
	%	%	%	OR	(95%CI)	p value	OR	(95%CI)	p value
Health Outcomes
Serious Illness	5.6	7.0	1.3	0.2	(0.1-0.9)	0.04	0.2	(0.0-0.8)	0.03
Serious Accident	13.8	10.8	15.2	1.1	(0.4 -3.0)	0.82	1.5	(0.5-4.3)	0.46
Sexually transmitted disease	4.5	4.4	21.9	5.9	(1.9-18.1)	0.002	6.0	(1.9-19.7)	0.003
Obesity	25.2	35.7	28.2	1.2	(0.5-2.6)	0.71	0.7	(0.3-1.7)	0.43
Any non-substance psychiatric disorder	15.9	33.0	54.1	6.2	(2.7-14.2)	<0.001	2.4	(1.0-5.7)	0.04
Regular smoking (>1day)	37.1	57.7	75.0	5.1	(2.2-11.8)	<0.001	2.2	(0.9-5.4)	0.08
Self-report of poor health	15.7	26.5	37.6	3.2	(1.3-8.1)	0.01	1.7	(0.6-4.4)	0.30
Self-report of illness contagion	21.7	34.5	45.0	3.0	(1.3-6.9)	0.01	1.6	(0.6-3.8)	0.34
Risky/Illegal behaviors
Official felony charge	6.1	11.3	20.3	4.0	(1.3-12.1)	0.02	2.0	(0.7-6.1)	0.23
Police contact	9.5	18.4	30.5	5.9	(2.1-16.5)	0.001	3.7	(1.4-10.3)	0.01
Lying	3.6	6.4	1.7	0.5	(0.1-2.2)	0.32	0.3	(0.1-1.2)	0.09
Physical fighting	5.9	8.9	26.8	4.2	(1.5-11.5)	0.005	2.0	(0.7-5.6)	0.21
Breaking in	1.7	11.2	18.9	13.7	(3.6-52.2)	<0.001	1.8	(0.5-6.9)	0.37
Driving when impaired	6.8	14.2	13.2	2.1	(0.6-7.6)	0.27	0.9	(0.2-3.5)	0.90
Marijuana use	28.8	44.6	39.0	1.6	(0.7-3.7)	0.29	0.8	(0.3-1.9)	0.61
Other illicit drug use	8.1	15.9	9.0	1.1	(0.5-2.6)	0.76	0.5	(0.2-1.2)	0.14
Hooking up with stranger	12.9	18.3	16.3	1.3	(0.5-3.9)	0.61	0.9	(0.3-2.7)	0.81

DMDD= disruptive mood dysregulation disorder; OR = odds ratio; 95%CI=95 percent confidence interval. Bolded ORs significant at p<0.05.