Table 5.

Odds ratio (OR) for categories of psychiatric drug use within 0–30 days adjusted for coincident use of other drugs with a raised OR for sudden death

	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Tricyclics*	1.28	0.84	1.96
SSRIs*	1.78	1.24	2.55
All antipsychotics†	4.12	2.57	6.60
Typical antipsychotics†	3.14	1.53	6.43
Atypical antipsychotics†	4.79	2.67	8.59

^*Adjusted for heart failure, MI, atrial fibrillation, revascularization, hypokalaemia, bradycardia, syncope, epilepsy, renal dysfunction, history of alcohol abuse and antipsychotic use.

^†Adjusted for heart failure, MI, atrial fibrillation, revascularization, hypokalaemia, bradycardia, syncope, epilepsy, renal dysfunction, history of alcohol abuse and SSRI use.