AUTHOR=Andreeva Valentina A. , Arnault Nathalie , Chambaron Stéphanie , Samieri Cécilia , Brindisi Marie-Claude , Duquenne Pauline , Hercberg Serge , Galan Pilar , Touvier Mathilde , Fezeu Leopold K. TITLE=Mental Multimorbidity Among General-Population Adults: Sex-Specific Sociodemographic Profiles of Anxiety, Insomnia, and Eating Disorders JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health VOLUME=69 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2024.1607546 DOI=10.3389/ijph.2024.1607546 ISSN=1661-8564 ABSTRACT=Objective

To determine the prevalence and sociodemographic profiles of mental morbidity and multimorbidity.

Methods

A descriptive analysis was performed with data from 25,269 women and 8,389 men from the French NutriNet-Santé general-population cohort. Participants were split into 8 groups: 1. No mental morbidity; 2. Pure anxiety; 3. Pure insomnia; 4. Pure eating disorders (ED); 5. Comorbid anxiety and insomnia; 6. Comorbid anxiety and ED; 7. Comorbid insomnia and ED; 8. Multimorbid anxiety, insomnia, and ED. Data were weighted using the 2016 French Census and analyzed with Chi2 tests.

Results

40.6% of the participants had ≥1 mental disorder; 2.3% had all 3 disorders. Most pure and comorbid disorders were more common in women than in men. The multimorbidity group had the largest proportions of men who were overweight (52.1%) and current smokers (23.2%). Men with insomnia and ED were the most likely to have obesity (45.8%) and low physical activity (44.3%). Women with ≥2 disorders were the most likely to be current smokers.

Conclusion

The findings could inform research, prevention, and public health guidelines for multimorbidity.