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Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2017 Nov 8;53(2):207–219. doi: 10.1007/s00127-017-1452-3

Table 2. Prevalence of DSM-IV mental disorders and association between being a civilian in a war zone/region of terror and subsequent first onset among people who were alive during WWII.

Prevalence - total sample Prevalence - civilians not in war zone Prevalence - civilians in war zone Demographic adjusted1
% (SE) % (SE) OR (95% CI)
Mood Disorder
Major Depressive Disordera 11.0 (.3) 9.4 (.3) 17.3 (.4) 1.5 (1.1, 1.9)*
Anxiety Disorders
PTSDb 2.8 (.2) 2.4 (.2) 4.5 (.2) 1.3 (.8, 2.2)
Generalized Anxiety Disorderc 2.7 (.2) 2.4 (.2) 4.0 (.2) 1.2 (.8, 2.0)
Specific Phobiad 3.2 (.2) 3.2 (.2) 3.2 (.2) 1.2 (.7, 1.9)
Social Phobiae 1.1 (.1) 1.1 (.1) 1.0 (.1) 1.4 (.3, 6.1)
Panic Disorderf 1.4 (.1) 1.1 (.1) 2.5 (.2) 1.9 (.9, 4.1)
Agoraphobia with/without Panicg .4 (.1) .5 (.1) .1 (.03) .1 (.01, 1.0)
Any Anxiety Disorderh 8.6 (.3) 7.7 (.3) 12.3 (.3) 1.5 (1.1, 2.0)*
Substance Disorders
Alcoholi 3.9 (.2) 4.0 (.2) 3.8 (.2) 1.3 (.7, 2.3)
*

Significant at p<.05

1

All models controlled for sociodemographic predictors including person-year at risk, geographical region growing, WMH survey country, sex, and age at start of WWII

a

N=3356

b

N=3366

c

N=3368

d

N=3323

e

N=3367

f

N=3366

g

N=3369

h

N=3311

i

N=3370