Many of these same gender differences were also present among subjects with a maternal or paternal history of alcoholism. Among persons with a maternal history of alcoholism, however, there were no gender differences in the prevalence estimates of panic disorder, nicotine dependence, pathological gambling, or avoidant, dependent, or paranoid personality disorders (Table 2). Similarly, among those with a paternal history of alcoholism, there were no gender differences in the prevalence of pathological gambling or dependent or paranoid personality disorders (Table 3). In contrast, an increased prevalence of schizoid personality disorder in women was seen only among subjects with a maternal history of alcoholism (Table 2).
