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. 2018 Feb 2;2(1):1–26. doi: 10.3233/ADR-170042

Table 4.

Haloperidol or Risperidone and risk of all-cause mortality

Study Name HR Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI Drug use/days
A. Haloperidol current users relative to non-users or users of other drugs.
  Langballe 2.938 2.324 3.714 0–180
  Martin-Arias* 2.710 1.980 3.690 Proportional Reporting Ratios
  Jones¥ 2.330 2.120 2.560 0–30 days
  Rossom 2.300 1.600 3.300 0–30 days
  >1 mg/ day 3.20 2.20 4.50 0–30 days
  Maust 2.457 2.070 2.916 0–180 days
  D-L Random Model 2.427 2.254 2.614 0–180 days
B. Haloperidol relative to Risperidone as reference (HR = 1).
  Kale 2012 2.24 n.d. n.d. 0–30 days
1.59 1.36 1.85 30–180
  Huybrechts 2012 2.07 1.89 2.26 0–180
  Langballe 1.700 1.00 3.00 0–30
2.007 1.464 2.751 180–365
  Koponen ≤ 1 mg/day 1.66 1.10 2.50 0–180
  >1 mg/day 2.55 1.70 3.85 0–180
  Liperoti 2009 1.383 1.240 1.543 0–180
  D-L Random Model 1.711 1.408 2.079 0–180
C. Risperidone HR relative to non-users.
  Langballe 1.976 1.504 2.595 0-180 days
  Piersanti 2014 2.112 1.152 3.871 Average use 7 months, follow-up to 3 years
  Jones 2013 1.640 1.56 1.72 0–30 days
  Maust 2015 1.641 1.483 1.816 0–180 days
  Martin-Arias* 2.07 1.56 2.75 Proportional Reporting Ratio
  Koponen 2017 1.428 1.336 1.525 0–180 days
  D-L Random Model 1.647 1.496 1.813 0–180 days
D. Risk of All-Cause Mortality from Antipsychotic drug use in the General User Population.
  Ray FGA 1.99 1.68 2.34 44,218 users
  Jennum FGA 2.026 2.016 2.036 138/32,606
  Jones FGA 2.34 2.28 2.41 15473
  D-L Random Model 2.132 1.887 2.409
  Ray SGA 2.26 1.88 2.72 46,089
  Jennum SGA 1.785 1.779 1.791 222/32606
  Jones SGA 1.76 1.71 1.82 7356
  D-L Random Model 1.788 1.728 1.851

¥Antipsychotic users (incl. 13.7% dementia) compared to psychiatric non-users (24% dementia). *All users, including dementia patients.