Table 4.

Association of mortality in schizophrenia with sociodemographic and clinical factors using Cox regression model, Butajira Ethiopia

Characteristics	Crude HR (95%CI)	P-value	Adjusted HR (95% CI)	P-value
Sex
Male	ref
Female	0.54 (0.19-1.52)	0.244
Age Group
15-24	ref		ref
25-34	1.49 (0.55-4.09)	0. 43	1.85(0.46-7.43)	0.38
35-50	2.03 (0.75-5.51)	0.16	3.99(0.73-21.69)	0.11
Marital status
Single	ref		ref
Married	1.21 (0.57-2.56)	0.61	3.04(0.98-9.40)	0.053
Other	0.86 (0.31-2.37)	0.77	1.36(0.38-4.83)	0.633
Educational Status
No formal	ref		ref
Elementary	0.67 (0.31-1.44)	0.31	0.76(0.30-1.93)	0.56
Secondary	0.64 (0.24-1.68)	0.37	0.36(0.11-1.22)	0.10
Place of residence
Urban	ref		ref
Rural	0.49 (0.26-0.96)	0.038	0.34(0.14-0.80)	0.014*
Age of onset
≤ 19	ref		ref
20-29	1.64 (0.69-3.88)	0.26	1.15(0.36-3.71)	0.81
≥ 30	1.78 (0.65-4.92)	0.26	1.07(0.24-4.67)	0.93
Duration of illness
≤ 2 yrs	ref		ref
> 2 yrs	1.38 (0.61-3.16)	0.44	0.73(0.25-2.13)	0.56
Speed of onset
Acute	ref		ref
Insidious	2.22 (1.04-4.72)	0.038	2.86(1.24-6.57)	0.013*
Schizophrenia subtype
Paranoid	ref		ref
Undifferentiated	1.09 (0.49-2.45)	0.82	0.66(0.25-1.75)	0.40
Other	1.52 (0.69-3.34)	0.30	0.90(0.33-2.43)	0.84
Antipsychotics 50%
≥ 50%	ref		ref
< 50%	2.12 (1.02-4.55)	0.044	2.66(1.054-6.72)	0.038*

* P < 0.05 significant difference