Table 1.

Characteristics of the study sample: male (n=14,564) and female (n=20,089) participants by a history of DSM-IV mood disorders at baseline; NESARC, wave 1.

Characteristics at baseline	Males							Females
	Total Males		Mood disorder					Total Females		Mood disorder
			Absent		Present		p-valuea			Absent		Present		p-valuea
	N	%	N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%	N	%
Age (years):
18–35	4536	34.5	3695	33.4	841	40.8	<0.0001	6379	32.2	4707	31.2	1672	35.7	<0.0001
36–49	4533	30.0	3751	29.6	782	32.2		5716	28.7	4193	27.6	1523	32.3
50+	5495	35.5	4814	37.0	681	26.9		7994	39.0	6411	41.2	1583	32.0
Race/ethnicity:
White	9090	73.1	7489	72.1	1601	78.4	<0.0001	11605	72.5	8489	70.6	3116	78.6	<0.0001
Black	2281	9.8	2003	10.2	278	8.0		4206	11.7	3438	12.6	768	8.8
Hispanic (any race?)	2718	12.3	2357	12.8	361	9.1		3638	10.9	2861	11.5	777	9.0
Other	475	4.8	411	4.9	64	4.5		640	4.9	523	5.3	117	3.6
Education (years):
<12	2356	14.8	2008	14.8	348	14.9	0.8367	3388	14.5	2652	14.8	736	13.6	0.0009
≥12	12208	85.2	10252	85.2	1956	85.1		16701	85.5	12659	85.2	4042	86.4
Mood disorderb:
Major depressive disorder	1798	11.8			1798	77.5	NA	4206	20.9			4206	89.0	NA
Dysthymia	458	3.0	NA	NA	458	19.4		1119	5.3	NA	NA	1119	22.5
Mania	462	3.1			462	14.8		710	3.5			710	20.4
Hypomania	375	2.5			375	16.6		481	2.2			481	9.4
Anxiety disorderb:
GADc	418	2.8	105	0.9	313	13.5	<0.0001	1075	5.4	269	1.5	806	18.0	<0.0001
Panic disorder	496	3.3	201	1.7	295	12.4	<0.0001	1294	6.7	481	3.4	813	17.4	<0.0001
Social phobia	625	4.3	313	2.6	312	13.2	<0.0001	1096	5.8	410	2.8	686	15.5	<0.0001
Specific phobia	951	6.3	582	4.5	369	16.2	<0.0001	2456	12.4	1365	8.7	1091	24.3	<0.0001
Non-alcohol drug use disorderb
Illicit drugsd	1967	13.6	1278	10.6	689	30.6	<0.0001	1376	7.0	672	4.4	704	15.4	<0.0001
Nicotine	2731	19.6	1884	16.4	847	37.5	<0.0001	2965	15.4	1625	11.1	1340	29.6	<0.0001
Family history of alcoholism:
Absent	10197	70.6	8923	73.2	1274	55.6	<0.0001	13107	66.0	10646	70.3	2461	51.9	<0.0001
Present	4367	29.4	3337	26.7	1030	44.4		6982	34.0	4665	29.7	2317	48.1

^aRao-Scott chi-square tests of difference.

^bDiagnostic categories are not mutually exclusive.

^cGAD, generalized anxiety disorder.

^dIncludes lifetime history of abuse and/or dependence on non-alcohol substances: heroin, other opioids, cocaine, cannabis, stimulants, and/or hallucinogens.