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Table 2 Results from GLM predicting SGA initiation

From: Patterns of initiation of second generation antipsychotics for bipolar disorder: a month-by-month analysis of provider behavior

Variable

Odds ratio

95% CI – lower

95% CI – upper

p

Age (decade)

0.997

0.997

0.997

<.0001

Gender (female)

0.846

0.815

0.878

<.0001

≥ 50% disability status

0.740

0.717

0.763

<.0001

Marital status (married)

1.011

0.985

1.039

.4062

Race/ethnicity a

    

African American

1.068

1.024

1.114

.0021

Hispanic

0.989

0.901

1.087

.8222

Other race/ethnicity

1.096

0.964

1.246

.1614

Region b

    

Midwest

0.991

0.955

1.028

.6221

South

1.288

1.245

1.332

<.0001

West

0.919

0.886

0.953

<.0001

Clinical/treatment factors in prior year

    

Psychotic features

1.696

1.520

1.891

<.0001

Bipolar type I (versus type II/NOS)c

0.968

0.935

1.003

.0736

Antidepressant prescription

0.903

0.882

0.924

<.0001

Antimanic prescription

0.620

0.606

0.634

<.0001

Comorbidities in prior year

    

Diabetes

0.919

0.882

0.957

<.0001

Obesity

0.958

0.913

1.004

.0739

Hyperlipidemia

0.991

0.960

1.023

.5860

Substance abuse

0.965

0.933

0.999

.0407

Tobacco use disorder

1.065

1.030

1.103

.0003

Anxiety disorder

1.082

1.051

1.114

<.0001

Sleep disorder

1.555

1.435

1.685

<.0001

Cardiac dysrhythmia

1.096

0.999

1.202

.0520

Liver disorder

1.145

1.079

1.214

<.0001

Kidney disorder

1.187

1.069

1.318

.0014

Thyroid disorder

1.021

0.956

1.089

.5372

Traumatic brain injury

1.109

0.944

1.303

.2068

Change per year

0.988

0.982

0.993

<.0001

  1. aComparison: White.
  2. bComparison: Northeast.
  3. cPatient was labeled as bipolar type I for a given month if at least 10% of bipolar encounters to date were for bipolar type I. See text for details.