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Table 5 Tetrachoric correlations between different disorders at wave 1 (age 19–29) and wave 2 (age 30–42)

From: Prevalence and stability of mental disorders among young adults: findings from a longitudinal study

 

Wave 1

Wave 2

MDD

Anxiety

W1–2a

AUD

MDD

Anxiety

W1–2a

AUD

Wave 1

MDD

 

0.45***

0.00

0.31**

0.38***

0.16

 

Anxiety W1–2a

  

0.10

0.26**

0.65***

0.02

 

AUD

   

0.07

0.07

0.49***

Wave 2

MDD

    

0.54***

0.12

 

Anxiety W1–2a

     

0.03

 

AUD

      
  1. Legends: aPanic disorder, agoraphobia without panic, specific phobias, social phobia and/or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
  2. MDD Major depressive disorder. AUD Alcohol use disorders, i.e. alcohol dependence or alcohol abuse. Standard errors were obtained from the jackknife estimator, accounting for cluster-effects among twins. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. Men and women were collapsed to increase statistical power
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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