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

Table 3 Multinomial regressions for initiation of individual SGAs, compared to aripiprazole

	Olanzapine				Quetiapine				Risperidone				Ziprasidone
Comorbidity in the past year	Odds ratio	CI – lower	CI – upper	p -value	Odds ratio	CI – lower	CI – upper	p -value	Odds ratio	CI – lower	CI – upper	p -value	Odds ratio	CI – lower	CI – upper	p -value
Diabetes	0.477	0.428	0.531	<.0001	0.771	0.718	0.828	<.0001	0.856	0.789	0.929	.0002	1.05	0.939	1.174	.3945
Obesity	0.352	0.305	0.407	<.0001	0.657	0.602	0.716	<.0001	0.607	0.547	0.675	<.0001	1.109	0.974	1.262	.1181
Hyperlipidemia	0.686	0.632	0.744	<.0001	0.857	0.808	0.91	<.0001	0.838	0.781	0.898	<.0001	0.944	0.855	1.041	.2469
Substance abuse	1.321	1.23	1.417	<.0001	1.363	1.288	1.442	<.0001	1.216	1.14	1.298	<.0001	0.987	0.896	1.088	.7917
Sleep disorder	0.860	0.695	1.065	.1666	1.158	0.991	1.353	.0655	0.794	0.654	0.965	.0204	1.05	0.809	1.362	.7140
Cardiac dysrhythmia	1.422	1.137	1.778	.0020	0.971	0.800	1.179	.7690	1.116	0.9	1.385	.3166	0.725	0.505	1.042	.0825

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