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. 2022 Nov 18;66(1):e3. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2343

Table 1.

Phenotypic prevalence in the UK Biobank across and by sexes.

Both sexes Men Women
Without With Without With Without With
Phenotypes N N % N N % N N %
Eating disorder 124,092 1,489 1.19 54,488 116 0.21 69,604 1,373 1.93
Anorexia 124,886 750 0.6 54,583 35 0.06 70,303 715 1.01
Anxiety 69,555 12,337 15.06 34,437 4,219 10.91 35,118 8,118 18.78
Social anxiety 117,099 1,412 1.19 50,835 654 1.27 66,264 758 1.13
Depression ever 22,872 11,556 33.57 11,678 3,765 24.38 11,194 7,791 41.04
Probable depression 86,282 30,995 26.43 43,254 10,970 20.23 43,028 20,025 31.76
Bipolar disorder 30,035 226 0.75 14,494 108 0.74 15,541 118 0.75
Schizophrenia 125,387 194 0.15 54,497 107 0.2 70,890 87 0.12
Self-harm thought or action 220,343 41,079 15.71 103,443 15,215 12.82 116,900 25,864 18.12
Post-traumatic stress disorder 117,290 7,820 6.25 51,826 2,626 4.82 65,464 5,194 7.35
Obsessiveā€“compulsive disorder 156,192 1,268 0.81 67,781 400 0.59 88,411 606 0.68
Alcohol hazardous substance use or dependence 117,083 6,591 5.33 49,594 4,072 7.59 67,489 2,519 3.6
Other hazardous substance use or dependence 258,625 2,760 1.06 117,119 1,520 1.28 141,506 1,240 0.87
Cannabis use ever 97,040 28,375 22.62 40,330 14,195 26.03 56,710 14,180 20
General allergy 73,287 29,550 28.73 32,990 12,538 27.54 40,297 17,012 29.68
Asthma 86,918 15,919 15.48 38,860 6,668 14.65 48,058 9,251 16.14
Hay fever rhinitis 450,094 51,200 10.21 205,755 22,680 9.93 244,339 28,520 10.45
Other allergies 489,588 11,682 2.33 224,543 3,880 1.7 265,045 7,802 2.86
Myopia 76,190 33,881 30.78 34,734 15,489 30.8 41,456 18,392 30.7
Eczema 252,947 8,448 3.23 114,743 3,902 3.29 138,204 4,546 3.18
Insomnia 57,376 204,142 78.06 32,753 85,948 72.41 24,623 118,194 82.76
Loneliness 452,782 23,105 4.86 204,356 11,782 5.45 248,426 11,323 4.36
Social isolation 444,466 45,053 9.2 201,014 21,856 9.81 243,452 23,197 8.7
Chronotype (more evening) 145,500 87,667 37.6 63,275 39,521 38.45 82,225 48,146 36.93
Same-sex sexual behavior 15,757 432,740 96.49 8,873 197,539 95.7 6,884 235,201 97.16
Adulthood abuse 20,479 20,479 16.32 4,701 4,701 8.62 15,778 15,778 22.25
Adulthood stressors 51,167 51,167 40.91 21,289 21,289 39.12 29,878 29,878 42.28
Catastrophic trauma 63,893 63,893 50.88 30,748 30,748 56.31 33,145 33,145 46.7
Childhood abuse 14,060 14,060 11.2 5,387 5,387 9.87 8,673 8,673 12.22
Childhood stressors 42,779 42,779 34.07 17,770 17,770 32.54 25,009 25,009 35.24

Note. Probable depression and cannabis use are ordinal but here reflect the prevalence of ever meeting the criteria regardless of severity.