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Clinical InvestigationsMISCELLANEOUSRespiratory Disease and Panic Attacks Among Adults in the United States
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Sample
The Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) Survey is a nationally representative survey of 3,032 persons aged 25 to 74 years in the noninstitutionalized civilian population of the 48 coterminous United States.14 The MIDUS Survey was carried out by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network on Successful Midlife Development between January 1995 and January 1996. The survey was based on a nationally representative random-digit-dial samples of noninstitutionalized,
Description of the Sample
The overall sample was 50.8% female, 62.3% married, 75.1% white, 5.7% black, and 2.5% Hispanic. The average respondent age was 46.35 years (SD, 13.22 years), and 60.4% of the sample completed high school. The overall response rate was 60.8%.
Self-reported respiratory or lung disease was prevalent among 13.0% of the adult population; 9.8% of the population had self-reported respiratory disease (ie, asthma, bronchitis or emphysema), 1.6% had other lung problems, and 1.4% had both asthma,
Discussion
These data are consistent with and extend previous findings documenting an association between self-reported respiratory disease and increased likelihood of panic attacks among adults in the general population. This association, which persists after adjusting for differences in sociodemographic characteristics, physical illnesses, and comorbid mental disorders, is specific to panic attacks. These results also provide preliminary evidence suggesting that GAD and alcohol/substance-use disorders
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