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. 2002 Aug 3;325(7358):243. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7358.243

Table 2.

 Characteristics of cases and controls. Values are numbers (percentages)

Characteristics
Cases (n=451)
Controls (n=2696)
Age (years):
 <20 2 (0.4) 14 (0.5)
 20-44 74 (16.4) 440 (16.3)
 45-64 191 (42.4) 1158 (43.0)
 ⩾65 184 (40.8) 1084 (40.2)
Sex:
 Female 282 (62.5) 1687 (62.6)
 Male 169 (37.5) 1009 (37.4)
Use of antipsychotic within 3 months of index date:*
 Conventional antipsychotics 268 (59.4) 1428 (53.0)
 Olanzapine 9 (2.0) 15 (0.6)
 Risperidone 11 (2.4) 42 (1.6)
 Other newer agents 1 (0.2)  7 (0.3)
*

Categories not mutually exclusive.