Psychiatric disorders of patients seeking obesity treatment

Table 2 Prevalence of psychiatric disorders by sex

	All	Male Female		p*
	(N=841)(%)	(N=261)(%)	(N=580)(%)
Any psychiatric disorder	353 (42.0)	84 (32.2)	269 (46.4)	<.001
Mood disorders
Major depressive disorder	61 (7.3)	6 (2.3)	55 (9.5)	<.001
Dysthymic disorder	173 (20.6)	27 (10.3)	146 (25.2)	<.001
Depressive disorder, NOS	3 (0.4)	1 (0.4)	2 (0.3)	.931
Bipolar disorder	10 (1.2)	3 (1.1)	7 (1.2)	.943
Other mood disorder	9 (1.1)	1 (0.4)	8 (1.4)	.194
Any mood disorder	228 (27.1)	34 (13.0)	194 (33.4)	<.001
Anxiety disorder
General anxiety disorder	145 (17.2)	45 (17.2)	100 (17.2)	>.999
OCD	1 (0.1)	1 (0.4)	0 (0)	.136
Panic disorder	6 (0.7)	2 (0.8)	4 (0.7)	.903
PTSD	3 (0.4)	1 (0.4)	2 (0.3)	.931
Specific phobia	1 (0.1)	0 (0)	1 (0.2)	.502
Social phobia	1 (0.1)	0 (0)	1 (0.2)	.502
Anxiety disorder, NOS	3 (0.4)	2 (0.8)	1 (0.2)	.181
Any anxiety disorder	153 (18.2)	47 (18.0)	106 (18.3)	.926
Adjustment disorder	21 (2.5)	7 (2.7)	14 (2.4)	.818
Eating disorders
Bulimia nervosa	11 (1.3)	2 (0.8)	9 (1.6)	.354
Anorexia nervosa	2 (0.2)	0 (0)	2 (0.3)	.342
Binge eating disorder	64 (7.6)	7 (2.7)	57 (9.8)	<.001
Any eating disorder	72 (8.6)	8 (3.1)	64 (11.0)	<.001
Psychotic disorders
Schizophrenia	7 (0.8)	1 (0.4)	6 (1.0)	.336
Other psychotic disorder	3 (0.4)	1 (0.4)	2 (0.3)	.931
Substance use disorders
Alcohol-related disorders	5(0.6)	1 (0.4)	4 (0.7)	.593
Other substance-related disorder except for nicotine	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Organic mental disorders	9 (1.1)	3 (1.1)	6 (1/0)	.881
Personality disorders	3 (0.4)	0 (0)	3 (0.5)	.224
Sleep disorders	21 (2.5)	11 (4.2)	10 (1.7)	.032

*Chi-square test was used to compare differences in prevalence between males and females.