BACKGROUND: It is not known why the most @entity146 ( @entity146 ), @entity148 and @entity308 , are more prevalent among @entity1 . This gradient has not been explained by differences in the number or type of social roles occupied by @entity1 and @entity1 . Given the dearth of longitudinal studies, these negative findings could reflect reverse causality, if @entity1 with @entity146 relinquish social roles more readily than @entity1 . METHODS: Cohort study using data from the first seven (annual) waves of the British Household Panel Survey. The prevalence of @entity146 was assessed using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), 12 months after ascertaining occupancy of five social roles. Of 12379 @entity1 aged 16-70, 9947 completed the GHQ on at least two consecutive occasions, resulting in 44139 paired observations. Random effects models adjusted for the correlation of repeated measures and for baseline GHQ score. RESULTS: The odds ratio for the gender difference in the future prevalence of @entity146 (adjusted for baseline GHQ score) was 192 (95% CI 1.75-2.10). Neither the number or type of social roles occupied, nor socio-economic status explained the gender difference in these conditions (adjusted OR 182, 95% CI 1.66-1.99). While @entity146 at baseline was associated with a subsequent reduction in social role occupancy, this did not vary between @entity1 and @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: Gender differences in @entity146 were not explained by differences in the number or type of social roles occupied by @entity1 and @entity1 , or by reverse causality. Future studies should consider characteristics of social roles, such as demand, control and reward.

Social roles and the gender difference in rates of the XXXX in Britain: a 7-year, population-based cohort study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'men'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['CMD', 'common mental disorders']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['common mental disorders']
