Excess risk of chronic physical conditions associated with depression and anxiety

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Number and weighted percentage of chronic physical conditions by depression-anxiety status medical expenditure panel survey, 2007-2009

	Depression only		Anxiety only		Comorbid depression and anxiety		No depression and no anxiety
	N	Wt%	N	Wt%	N	Wt%	N	Wt%	P-value
Arthritis	831	34.3	481	27.2	360	38.8	4,114	14.8	< .0001
Asthma	258	10.2	131	7.2	131	13.8	1,195	4.2	< .0001
COPD	403	16.7	235	13.7	196	21.3	1,925	7.1	< .0001
Diabetes	348	13.2	165	8.2	139	14.7	2,063	6.2	< .0001
Heart disease	301	11.2	195	10.5	149	16.9	1,449	5.3	< .0001
Hypertension	786	30.6	470	25.5	313	34.5	5,092	16.9	< .0001
Osteoporosis	50	2.1	32	2.0	26	3.5	199	0.8	< .0001

Note: Study sample comprised of adults, 22–64 years of age, alive during the calendar year and without self-reported diagnosis of schizophrenia, psychoses, attention deficit hyper activity disorders, adjustment disorders, substance abuse disorders and personality disorders.
COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Wt: Weighted.
Significant if p < =0.007.

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