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. 2020 Jul 6;75:e1610. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2020/e1610

Table 5. Twelve-month prevalence of benzodiazepine use according to the DSM-IV/WMH-CIDI diagnosis by sex. Results from the São Paulo Megacity, São Paulo, Brazil (N=1,271).

At least one BZD Exclusive use
Mental health disorder Total N (%) SE OR (95% CI) X2 p-value N (%) SE OR (95% CI)
Anxiety Disorders
    Panic disorder 61 17 (33.7) 8.9 1.7 (0.3-10.4) 0.4 0.542 04 (9.8) 4.2 0.4 (0.0-3.8)
    Generalized anxiety disorder 128 08 (8.4) 3.6 0.5 (0.1-3.3) 0.6 0.4391 03 (4.3) 3.1 0.1 (0.0-1.9)
    Specific phobia 471 54 (7.7) 1.3 0.8 (0.3-2.3) 0.2 0.6757 19 (2.8) 0.7 0.8 (0.2-3.4)
    Social phobia 174 23 (10.4) 3.1 2.3 (0.6-9.8) 1.3 0.25 05 (2.1) 1.1 0.8 (0.1-5.2)
    Agoraphobia without panic 88 16 (13.5) 3.3 9.9 (0.9-104.6) 3.6 0.0573 04 (3.9) 2.2 2.3 (0.2-26.5)
    Post-traumatic stress disorder 80 10 (6.6) 2.5 0.7 (0.1-4.7) 0.18 0.6714 03 (2.5) 1.6 0.1 (0-0.8)
    Obsessive-compulsive disorder 155 19 (8.8) 2.5 7.0 (1.6-30.0) 6.8 0.0094 04 (1.4) 0.8 0.4 (0.0-3.2)
    Adult separation anxiety 95 12 (12.6) 4.3 - - - 04 (4.2) 2.4 -
    Any anxiety disorder 836 89 (8.1) 1.0 1.1 (0.5-2,52) 0.0 0.8466 31 (2.9) 0.6 0.6 (0.2-1.5)
Mood Disorders
    Major depressive disorder 488 62 (13.4) 2.2 1.4 (0.4-4.28) 0.3 0.5879 17 (4.0) 1.0 0.9 (0.2-4.0)
    Dysthymia 62 09 (11.8) 5.6 7.5 (0.5-104.2) 2.2 0.1349 02 (2.7) 1.9 -
    Bipolar I and II disorders 73 19 (23.3) 5.5 1.4 (0.5-4.1) 0.4 0.5106 04 (4.5) 2.8 2.3 (0.5-10.7)
    Any mood disorder 567 82 (14.7) 2.3 1.3 (0.5-3.6) 0.3 0.6112 21 (4.0) 1.0 1.1 (0.3-4.1)
Substance Use Disorders
    Alcohol abuse 134 10 (7.8) 3.1 2.0 (0.5-8.05) 0.9 0.3492 04 (2.8) 1.7 0.9 (0.1-11.9)
    Alcohol dependence 64 07 (13.2) 6.3 2.1 (0.4-9.5) 0.8 0.3614 02 (3.9) 3.1 -
    Drug abuse 31 03 (6.6) 3.6 8.2 (1.9-36.4) 7.8 0.0054 01 (2.4) 2.2 -
    Drug dependence 21 03 (11.7) 7.4 9.3 (1.5-58.8) 5.6 0.0176 01 (2.6) 2.6 -
    Any substance use disorder 163 13 (7.9) 2.5 3.6 (0.9-15.1) 3.1 0.0763 04 (2.2) 1.3 0.8 (0.1-10.3)
Impulse-control Disorders
    Attention deficit disorder 45 07 (13.3) 6.0 17.5 (2.1-146.8) 6.98 0.0083 03 (10.1) 5.8 11.3 (1.4-90.6)
    Oppositional-defiant disorder 20 01 (3.8) 3.8 - - -
    Conduct disorder 17 03 (15.9) 9.3 - - - 01 (8.4) 8.0 -
    Intermittent explosive disorder 137 10 (4.6) 1.5 4.1 (0.7-23.3) 2.6 0.1096 03 (1.2) 0.7 2.3 (0.2-30.9)
    Any impulse-control disorder 191 16 (5.8) 1,7 5.6 (1.1-27.7) 4.4 0.0352 06 (2.9) 1.1 4.2 (0.5-37.6)
Any 12-month Disorder
    Any 1271 117 (7.8) 0.8 1.5 (0.7-3.2) 0.9 0.3563 40 (2.7) 0.4 0.8 (0.4-1.8)
    0 Disorders 1664 45 (1.9) 0.6 13.0 (4.1-41.3) 19.0 <0.0001 25 (1.4) 0.6 20.9 (5.4-81.9)
    1 Disorder 731 48 (5.6) 0.9 1.2 (0.5-3.0) 0.1 0.7294 20 (2.2) 0.5 0.6 (0.2-1.8)
    2 Disorders 262 19 (6.1) 1.0 1.2 (0.2-6. 3) 0.1 0.8004 08 (2.6) 1.0 1.4 (0.2-9.8)
    3+ Disorders 278 50 (16.3) 3.0 2.3 (0.9-6.1) 3.0 0.0836 12 (4.6) 1.4 1.1 (0.2-5.2)
Severity
    Serious 465 77 (15.3) 2.1 1.3 (0.6-2.9) 0.4 0.5226 - - -
    Moderate 409 21 (4.2) 1.1 2.2 (0.4-10.9) 0.9 0.3438 - - -
    Mild 397 19 (3.7) 0.8 3.4 (0.8-14.4) 2.7 0.0999 - - -
    None 1664 45 (1.9) 0.6 13.0 (4.1-41.3) 19.0 <0.0001 - - -

Weighted proportions. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. Sex comparison: males were used as the reference group.