Table 1 shows weighted percentages by smoking status, SRO taken together and individually, demographic characteristics and psychiatric disorders (DSM-IV Axis I and Axis II) in the sample of persons reporting low mood at wave 1 and the rest of the NESARC sample. Current smoking, SRO and the prevalence of psychiatric disorders were markedly higher among the low mood sample, confirming their at-risk status. Other demographic characteristics previously associated with higher risk of suicide and SROs were also higher in the low mood subsample: more females, more low-income and fewer high-income responders, fewer married and more separated or never married, and more unemployed individuals. Differences by race/ethnicity, age, urban or rural residence and geographic area were also observed.
