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) |
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| % (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.