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Table 4 Adult mental health outcomes in non-depressed adolescents with and without somatic symptoms

From: Prognostic significance of functional somatic symptoms in adolescence: a 15-year community-based follow-up study of adolescents with depression compared with healthy peers

Adult diagnosis

Non depressed without somatic symptoms n = 71

Non depressed with somatic symptoms n = 81

  
 

%

%

OR

CI

Major depressive episodea

22.5

38.3*

2.2

1.06–4.45

Recurrent depression or long episode (≥2 episodes or longer than 6 months)

9.9

21.0

2.5

0.96-6.36

Any chronic depressiona

0.0

6.2*

-

-

Manic episode/ hypomanica

1.4

2.5

1.8

0.16-20.22

Any mood disorder a

25.4

42.5*

2.2

1.09–4.36

Panic disorder, agoraphobiaa

5.6

17.5*

3.6

1.11–11.36

Specific phobiaa

14.1

21.1

1.6

0.71-3.88

Social phobiab

5.6

8.8

1.6

0.45-5.73

PTSDb

0.0

0.0

-

-

GADb

2.8

6.2

2.3

0.43-12.24

OCDb

0.0

2.5

-

-

Any anxiety disorder a b

14.1

30.0*

2.6

1.15–5.95

Psychosisa

0.0

2.5

-

-

Somatoform disordersb

4.2

1.2

0.3

0.29-2.82

Any non mood disorder a

22.5

35.0

1.9

0.90-3.81

Any mental disorder a

32.2

53.8*

2.2

1.11–4.12

Self harma

0

7.4*

-

-

Suicidal thoughtsa

4.2

12.5

3.23

0.85-12.28

Suicidal plansa

1.4

6.3

4.67

0.53-40.94

Suicidal attemptsa

1.4

3.8

2.73

0.28-26.83

Hospitalization due to suicidal attemptsa

0.0

2.5

-

-

  1. Notes: a = Any time from age 19 to follow-up. b = Current at follow-up.
  2. *p < 0.05; (Referring to comparisons with the non-somatic symptom group).