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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: CNS Spectr. 2015 Apr;20(2):130–139. doi: 10.1017/S1092852914000182

Table 4.

Twelve-month prevalence of psychiatric disorders by anger severity

Prevalence Any mood disorder
(n=3,534)
Any anxiety
disorder
(n=5,517)
Any substance
use disorder
(n=6,905)
Any personality
disorderb
(n=7,783)
% (95% CI) ORa 95% CI ORa 95% CI ORa 95% CI ORa 95% CI
Little things make you
angry/difficulty controlling anger 4.26 (3.96-4.57) 7.20 6.32 8.21 5.83 5.11 6.67 3.28 2.90 3.71 15.97 13.51 18.87
Temper outburst/lose control 4.29 (4.02-4.56) 8.01 7.06 9.09 6.68 5.86 7.61 3.54 3.13 4.00 18.87 15.90 22.38
Hit people/thrown things when angry 4.35 (4.07-4.65) 5.97 5.24 6.79 4.74 4.12 5.44 3.48 3.11 3.89 11.91 10.20 13.91
Positive for only 1 question 4.17 (3.90-4.46) 4.76 4.11 5.53 3.64 3.16 4.20 2.72 2.39 3.09 8.91 7.71 10.29
Positive for 2 questions 2.17 (1.98-2.37) 7.15 5.85 8.72 6.28 5.21 7.57 3.25 2.71 3.89 18.18 14.36 23.02
Positive for 3 questions 1.46 (1.31-1.62) 13.09 10.74 15.95 9.81 7.81 12.33 5.18 4.18 6.42 41.81 30.17 57.95
a

Unadjusted ORs

b

Assessed on a lifetime basis

OR=odds ratio, CI= confidence interval.