Distress and disability in young adults presenting to clinical services with mood disorders

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Table 2 Multinomial logistic regression

Differences from high distress and high impairment	Significance (p value)	OR	95% confidence intervals
High distress and low impairment
Age 12 to 15 years	0.001	3.14	1.63 to 6.06
High impairment and low distress
Male	0.01	2.05	1.29 to 3.22
Poly-substance use^a	0.003	0.61	0.44 to 0.85
Low impairment and low distress
Age 12 to 15 years	0.000	3.72	2.18 to 6.34
Male	0.001	2.20	1.21 to 3.83
Alcohol use	0.004	0.37	0.16 to 0.81
Cannabis use	0.004	0.27	0.19 to 0.45

Differences between the group with a high level of distress and impairment (reference group) compared to groups defined by other combinations of high or low levels of impairment and of distress are demonstrated. ^a'Poly-substance use’ refers to consumption of nicotine, alcohol and cannabis (see text for details).