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. 2019 Jul 20;19:174. doi: 10.1186/s12883-019-1385-4

Table 3.

Hazard ratio for risk factors using variables selected by the LASSO method

Patient characteristics Univariate Cox analyses Variables selected by the LASSO method
Hazard Ratio 95% CI P value Hazard ratio 95% CI P value
Age (years) 1.04 (1.03, 1.04) < 0.001 1.04 (1.03, 1.04) < 0.001
Square root of age 1.72 (1.60, 1.84) < 0.001
Age less than 65 indicator 0.33 (0.27, 0.41) < 0.001
Index Diagnosis vs. Bipolar Disorder
 Depressive Disorder 0.95 (0.78, 1.14) 0.57 1.02 (0.79, 1.32) 0.88
 Schizophrenia 1.96 (1.67, 2.29) < 0.001 1.99 (1.57, 2.53) < 0.001
Generation of Index AP vs. First generation
 Multiple 0.88 (0.58, 1.33) 0.54 0.80 (0.52, 1.21) 0.29
 Second generation 0.72 (0.59, 0.87) < 0.001 0.85 (0.70, 1.03) 0.09
Dose (continuous effect for dose≤100 mg/day of chlorpromazine) 1.91 (1.38, 2.66) < 0.001 1.65 (1.17, 2.31) < 0.01
Dose (continuous effect for dose> 100 mg/day of chlorpromazine) 1.05 (1.02, 1.08) < 0.01
CCI 1.06 (1.00, 1.12) < 0.05
Depressive disorders 0.78 (0.68, 0.89) < 0.001
Bipolar and related disorders 0.84 (0.72, 0.97) < 0.05 1.39 (1.11, 1.75) < 0.01
Dementia 2.04 (1.38, 3.01) < 0.001
Diabetes 1.52 (1.29, 1.79) < 0.001 1.13 (0.96, 1.34) 0.14
Number of EPS 1.91 (1.60, 2.29) < 0.001
History of EPS 2.37 (1.88, 2.99) < 0.001 1.35 (0.74, 2.47) 0.33
Parkinsonism 4.29 (1.38, 13.33) < 0.05 1.43 (0.44, 4.72) 0.55
Bradykinesia 2.48 (1.92, 3.21) < 0.001 1.44 (0.77, 2.68) 0.25
Tremors 3.93 (1.96, 7.89) < 0.001 2.12 (0.97, 4.60) 0.06
Myoclonus 4.27 (1.07, 17.11) < 0.05 2.33 (0.56, 9.7) 0.25

AP antipsychotic, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, CI confidence interval, EPS extrapyramidal symptoms, LASSO least absolute shrinkage and selection operator