From: Associations of specific phobia and its subtypes with physical diseases: an adult community study
Phobia/disease | GHS-MHS | PsyCoLaus | ||
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No. | % | No. | % | |
Any specific phobiaa | 388 | 7.6 | 518 | 13.9 |
Subtypesb | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Animal subtype | 68 | 1.5 | 112 | 3.0 |
 Natural subtype | 75 | 1.4 | 37 | 1.0 |
 Blood-injection subtype | 64 | 1.5 | 18 | 0.5 |
 Situational subtype | 89 | 1.8 | 48 | 1.3 |
 Other subtype | 3 | 0.08 | 10 | 0.3 |
Hypertension | 581 | 13.1 | 1110 | 29.8 |
Cardiac diseases (heart circulation disturbances, narrowing of the coronary vessels, angina pectoris, cardiac infarct, heart weakness, heart insufficiency)c | 100 | 2.2 | 199 | 5.3 |
Respiratory diseases (asthma, chronic bronchitis) | 284 | 7.0 | 572 | 15.3 |
Gastrointestinal diseases (ulcer, gastritis) | 268 | 6.3 | 252 | 6.7 |
Diabetes (with or without insulin treatment) | 115 | 2.7 | 194 | 5.2 |
Arthritic conditions (wear and tear type, inflammatory diseases of the joints)d | 1107 | 25.9 | 773 | 20.8 |
Allergies (hay fever, allergic eczema, allergic hives, neurodermatitis, food allergy, allergic conjunctivitis) | 747 | 18.1 | 1018 | 27.3 |
Migraine headaches | 491 | 10.3 | 562 | 15.2 |
Neurological diseases (epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis) | 27 | 0.5 | 94 | 2.5 |
Thyroid diseases | 445 | 10.0 | 164 | 4.4 |
Vascular diseases (stroke, brain circulation disturbance, leg circulation disturbance, artery occlusion, varicose veins, vein thrombosis)e | 536 | 12.4 | 303 | 8.2 |