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. 2018 Jul 13;9:314. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00314

Table 7.

Association between mental health disorders and cat scratching.

OR CI95
Unipolar depression 2.97 1.86–4.77
Anxiety disorder 1.4 0.98–2.00
Alcohol use disorder 1.61 0.93–2.81
Drug use disorder 3.30 1.45–7.53
Obsessive compulsive disorder 1.63 1.02–2.61
Panic disorder 2.18 1.31–3.63
Borderline personality disorder 2.16 1.00–4.68
Antisocial personality disorder 2.02 1.10–3.70
Phobia 1.28 1.00–1.65
Bulimia, anorexia 1.94 0.95–3.96
Burn–out syndrome 1.88 1.33–2.66
Sexual disorder 1.77 1.06–2.97
Other disorder 1.67 0.89–3.14

Thirteen mental health disorders (from the list of 24) showing associations with the reported intensity of cat scratching. The false discovery rate was set to 0.25, therefore about three disorders on the list (probably some with low odds ratio) represent the false discoveries. The table was drown based on data presented in (3).