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Table 4 Association of mortality in schizophrenia with sociodemographic and clinical factors using Cox regression model, Butajira Ethiopia

From: Five-year mortality in a cohort of people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia

Characteristics

Crude HR (95%CI)

P-value

Adjusted HR

(95% CI)

P-value

Sex

    

   Male

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   Female

0.54 (0.19-1.52)

0.244

  

Age Group

    

   15-24

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   25-34

1.49 (0.55-4.09)

0. 43

1.85(0.46-7.43)

0.38

   35-50

2.03 (0.75-5.51)

0.16

3.99(0.73-21.69)

0.11

Marital status

    

   Single

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   Married

1.21 (0.57-2.56)

0.61

3.04(0.98-9.40)

0.053

   Other

0.86 (0.31-2.37)

0.77

1.36(0.38-4.83)

0.633

Educational Status

    

   No formal

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   Elementary

0.67 (0.31-1.44)

0.31

0.76(0.30-1.93)

0.56

   Secondary

0.64 (0.24-1.68)

0.37

0.36(0.11-1.22)

0.10

Place of residence

    

   Urban

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   Rural

0.49 (0.26-0.96)

0.038

0.34(0.14-0.80)

0.014*

Age of onset

    

   ≤ 19

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   20-29

1.64 (0.69-3.88)

0.26

1.15(0.36-3.71)

0.81

   ≥ 30

1.78 (0.65-4.92)

0.26

1.07(0.24-4.67)

0.93

Duration of illness

    

   ≤ 2 yrs

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   > 2 yrs

1.38 (0.61-3.16)

0.44

0.73(0.25-2.13)

0.56

Speed of onset

    

   Acute

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   Insidious

2.22 (1.04-4.72)

0.038

2.86(1.24-6.57)

0.013*

Schizophrenia subtype

    

   Paranoid

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   Undifferentiated

1.09 (0.49-2.45)

0.82

0.66(0.25-1.75)

0.40

   Other

1.52 (0.69-3.34)

0.30

0.90(0.33-2.43)

0.84

Antipsychotics 50%

    

   ≥ 50%

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   < 50%

2.12 (1.02-4.55)

0.044

2.66(1.054-6.72)

0.038*

  1. * P < 0.05 significant difference