Table 3.
Prevalence of and odds ratio for lifetime mental disorders among gamblers aged 18–59 years, and gamblers aged 60 years and older.
| Gamblers aged 18–59 years (N = 1990) |
Gamblers aged 60 years and older (N = 262) |
Gamblers aged 60 years and older vs. Gamblers aged 19–59 years |
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| Unadjusted |
Adjusteda |
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| n | % | n | % | OR | 95% CI | P-value | OR | 95% CI | P-value | |||
| MDD | 152 | 5.9 | 10 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.305 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 0.480 |
| Bipolar disorder | 38 | 1.5 | 0 | |||||||||
| GAD | 23 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.01 | ||||||||
| OCD | 90 | 3.9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.9 | 0.035 | 0.3 | 0.05 | 1.04 | 0.174 |
| Alcohol abuse | 124 | 4.7 | 10 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.437 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 0.748 |
| Alcohol dependence | 25 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Any mental disorder | 360 | 14.3 | 22 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.028 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.845 |
| Pathological gambling | 98 | 5.4 | 6 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.722 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.95 | 0.039 |
| Nicotine dependence | 154 | 6.0 | 12 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.456 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.277 |
Note:
MDD: Major Depressive Disorder; GAD: Generalized Anxiety Disorder; OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Significance set at P-value < 0.05.
a
Adjusted by gender, ethnicity, marital status, education, employment and income.