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Table 4 Prevalence and odds ratios for individual mental health conditions (standardised by age, gender, and deprivation score). Conditions are ordered by size of odds ratio (largest to smallest)

From: Multiple physical and mental health comorbidity in adults with intellectual disabilities: population-based cross-sectional analysis

Condition

Intellectual disabilities

No Intellectual disabilities

Odds ratio (95 % CI) (standardised by age, gender and deprivation)

total number (prevalence)

total number (prevalence)

Schizophrenia (and related non-organic psychosis) or bipolar disorder

448 (5.6)

12,045 (0.9)

7.16 (6.49–7.89)

Anxiety & other neurotic, stress related & somatoform disorders

649 (8.1)

55,077 (3.9)

2.62 (2.41–2.84)

Dementia

84 (0.8)

11,612 (1.1)

2.22 (1.78–2.77)

Depression

1267 (15.8)

142,676 (10.1)

1.88 (1.76–2.00)

Anorexia or bulimia

37 (0.5)

5269 (0.4)

1.31 (0.95–1.82) p = 0.09

Alcohol misuse

304 (3.8)

42,060 (3.0)

1.18 (1.05–1.33)

  1. One way analysis of variance
  2. All difference significant at p < 0.001 except where stated