Table 3: Burden Attributable to Carotid Atherosclerosis in worsening quality of life and comparison with other disease (studies were carried out with controls drawn from the same community study data bank, and cases were consecutive ones in wards of the same University Hospital).

Disorders	SF-12 (Mean±sd)	Attributable Burden [Sf-12 in standardized controls – SF-12 in cases]	Comparison with Carotid atherosclerosis	Comparison with Carotid atherosclerosis With Major Mood Dis
Major Depressive Disorder	33.8 ±9.2	5.6±3.6 (N=287)	DF 1,331,332; F= 0.978 p=0.32	Df 1,293,294; F=9.16 p=0.003
Multiple Sclerosis	29.5±7.3	7.0±3.5 (N=201)	DF 1,245,246; F= 1.642 p=0.201	Df 1,209,210; F=3.50 p=0.062
Wilson’s Disease	33.8±9.0	4.4±1.7 (N=23)	DF 1,67,68; F=2.80 p=0.099	Df 1,31,32; F=8.49 p=0.003
Eating Disorders	34.9±6.2	4.4±6.6 (N=60)	DF 1,104,105; F= 2.374 p=0.126	Df 1,68,69; F=4.49 p=0.038
Panic Disorder	35.5±4.6	2.9±0.9 (N=123)	DF 1,167,168; F=49.751 p<0.0001	DF 1,131,132 F=76.78
Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia	34.5±6.1	4.2±2.4 (N=32)	DF 1,76,77; F=4.4 p=0.039	Df 1,40,42; F=10.92 p=0.002
Carotid Atherosclerosis	30.6±8.1	6.2±5.0 (N=46)
Carotid Atherosclerosis with Major Mood Disorders (DDM or BP)	27.2±5.2	9.30±7.8 (N=10)