Table 2.
Incident of Chronic Conditions among Adults with (Case) and Without (Control) Traumatic SCI
| PREMATCHED | POSTMATCHED | |||||
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| Spinal Cord Injury | Case | Control | ES | Case | Control | ES |
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| Overall | 7019 (100%) | 916516 (100%) | 6083 (100%) | 6083 (100%) | ||
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| Psychological | ||||||
| Any Psychological | 2530 (36.0%) | 149925 (16.4%) | 0.45 | 1985 (32.6%) | 1899 (31.2%) | 0.03 |
| Insomnia | 425 (6.1%) | 29587 (3.2%) | 0.14 | 336 (5.5%) | 334 (5.5%) | 0.00 |
| Adjustment disorders | 144 (2.1%) | 11357 (1.2%) | 0.07 | 117 (1.9%) | 102 (1.7%) | 0.02 |
| Anxiety disorders | 892 (12.7%) | 56461 (6.2%) | 0.23 | 690 (11.3%) | 664 (10.9%) | 0.01 |
| PTSD | 27 (0.4%) | 1894 (0.2%) | 0.04 | 23 (0.4%) | 19 (0.3%) | 0.02 |
| Impulse control | 3 (0.0%) | 217 (0.0%) | 0.00 | 2 (0.0%) | 3 (0.0%) | 0.00 |
| Mood disorders | 1242 (17.7%) | 72191 (7.9%) | 0.30 | 948 (15.6%) | 951 (15.6%) | 0.00 |
| Personality disorders | 21 (0.3%) | 883 (0.1%) | 0.05 | 15 (0.2%) | 17 (0.3%) | 0.02 |
| Alcohol-related dis. | 206 (2.9%) | 6869 (0.7%) | 0.17 | 155 (2.5%) | 141 (2.3%) | 0.01 |
| Substance-related dis. | 202 (2.9%) | 5455 (0.6%) | 0.19 | 132 (2.2%) | 110 (1.8%) | 0.03 |
| Central Pain | 901 (12.8%) | 22276 (2.4%) | 0.42 | 605 (9.9%) | 590 (9.7%) | 0.01 |
| Cardiometabolic | ||||||
| Any Cardiometabolic | 5405 (77.0%) | 487055 (53.1%) | 0.45 | 4539 (74.6%) | 4540 (74.6%) | 0.00 |
| Cardiac dysrhythmias | 1606 (22.9%) | 88072 (9.6%) | 0.44 | 1228 (20.2%) | 1263 (20.8%) | 0.01 |
| Heart Failure | 671 (9.6%) | 26163 (2.9%) | 0.42 | 483 (7.9%) | 457 (7.5%) | 0.02 |
| Peripheral and visceral atherosclerosis | 818 (11.7%) | 40467 (4.4%) | 0.44 | 605 (9.9%) | 626 (10.3%) | 0.01 |
| Liver; Non-Alcohol | 120 (1.7%) | 9506 (1.0%) | 0.06 | 98 (1.6%) | 77 (1.3%) | 0.03 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 682 (9.7%) | 37242 (4.1%) | 0.31 | 537 (8.8%) | 542 (8.9%) | 0.00 |
| Diabetes Type II | 1731 (24.7%) | 150414 (16.4%) | 0.21 | 1481 (24.3%) | 1442 (23.7%) | 0.01 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 1703 (24.3%) | 152123 (16.6%) | 0.18 | 1401 (23.0%) | 1435 (23.6%) | 0.01 |
| Hypertension | 4561 (65.0%) | 395374 (43.1%) | 0.44 | 3791 (62.3%) | 3871 (63.6%) | 0.03 |
| Musculoskeletal | ||||||
| Any Musculoskeletal | 4923 (70.1%) | 307891 (33.6%) | 0.73 | 3990 (65.6%) | 3986 (65.5%) | 0.00 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 311 (4.4%) | 15546 (1.7%) | 0.19 | 236 (3.9%) | 193 (3.2%) | 0.04 |
| Osteoarthritis | 2146 (30.6%) | 119632 (13.1%) | 0.48 | 1687 (27.7%) | 1753 (28.8%) | 0.02 |
| Osteoporosis | 1500 (21.4%) | 49193 (5.4%) | 0.63 | 986 (16.2%) | 1011 (16.6%) | 0.01 |
| Pathological fracture | 1213 (17.3%) | 4088 (0.4%) | 0.87 | 401 (6.6%) | 371 (6.1%) | 0.02 |
| Other connective tissue | 3750 (53.4%) | 228676 (25.0%) | 0.66 | 3042 (50.0%) | 3099 (50.9%) | 0.02 |
| Muscle Atrophy | 679 (9.7%) | 13505 (1.5%) | 0.69 | 445 (7.3%) | 420 (6.9%) | 0.02 |
| Myalgia | 610 (8.7%) | 36268 (4.0%) | 0.23 | 469 (7.7%) | 456 (7.5%) | 0.01 |
Source: The 2007–2017 OptumInsight
Abbreviations: StD: Standard Deviation; ES: Effect Size.
*
Effect size equal to or greater than 0.20 considered significant.