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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2014 Aug 1;220(0):404–409. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.07.053

Table 1. Odds ratio of association between parental loss and risk for male offspring psychopathology.

Diagnosis Prevalence
(%)
Any Loss
(N = 584)
Death
(N = 184)
Separation
(N = 400)
Separation

Maternal (N =133) Paternal (N = 362)
MD (26.2) 1.77**** (1.39-2.27) 1.04 (0.72-1.51) 2.01*** (1.38-2.91) 1.51 (0.99-2.31) 1.65*** (1.25-2.18)
GAD (18.2) 1.45** (1.11-1.89) 0.86 (0.53-1.37) 1.45** (1.11-1.89) 1.56 (0.99-2.44) 1.31 (0.97-1.78)
Phobia (21.9) 1.28 (0.98-1.68) 1.42 (1.00-2.00) 1.29 (0.98-1.68) 2.09*** (1.35-3.23) 0.94 (0.68-1.30)
Panic disorder (2.2) 2.03* (1.10-3.77) 0.78 (0.24-2.52) 2.01* (1.09-3.72) 1.63 (0.59-4.49) 1.73 (0.83-3.60)
Alcohol dependence (24.0) 1.56*** (1.20-2.02) 1.55* (1.05-2.29) 1.57*** (1.21-2.03) 2.34**** (1.54-3.55) 1.13 (0.83-1.52)
Drug abuse (21.6) 1.87**** (1.42-2.46) 1.09 (0.71-1.67) 1.87**** (1.42-2.46) 1.41 (0.89-2.24) 1.77*** (1.30-2.41)
Drug dependence (7.6) 2.02*** (1.39-2.93) 1.05 (0.54-2.02) 2.01*** (1.39-2.92) 2.03* (1.10-3.72) 1.63* (1.07-2.48)

N = 2605, Model includes age at interview as a covariate. MD, major depression; GAD, generalized anxiety disorder. 95% confidence intervals (CI) in parentheses.

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001

****

p < 0.0001.