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. 2018 Dec 5;49(14):2354–2363. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718003227

Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratios by region of origin

N % Unadjusted Adjusteda
Hazard ratio 95% CI Hazard ratio 95% CI
Schizophrenia + schizoaffective
Swedish-born (reference) 1333 61.4 1 1
Finland 7 0.3 2.26 1.07–4.75 1.90 0.90–4.02
Other Nordic 10 0.5 1.83 0.98–3.40 1.50 0.80–2.82
Europe 125 5.8 2.01 1.67–2.41 1.85 1.53–2.23
Asia + Oceania 61 2.8 1.92 1.48–2.49 1.72 1.32–2.25
Middle East 123 5.7 2.25 1.87–2.71 2.07 1.71–2.50
Africa 105 4.8 5.94 4.87–7.25 5.24 4.26–6.45
North America 11 0.5 2.77 1.53–5.02 2.44 1.34–4.43
South America 29 1.3 1.94 1.32–2.83 1.84 1.26–2.70
Affective psychotic disorders
Swedish-born (reference) 1532 70.8 1 1
Finland 6 0.3 1.58 0.71–3.52 1.35 0.60–3.03
Other Nordic 7 0.3 1.02 0.49–2.15 0.89 0.42–1.89
Europe 106 4.9 1.37 1.11–1.68 1.23 0.99–1.53
Asia + Oceania 71 3.3 1.76 1.37–2.25 1.53 1.18–1.99
Middle East 97 4.5 1.48 1.19–1.83 1.37 1.10–1.70
Africa 50 2.3 2.31 1.73–3.07 2.01 1.49–2.70
North America 7 0.3 1.49 0.71–3.13 1.36 0.64–2.86
South America 28 1.3 1.79 1.22–2.62 1.81 1.23–2.65
Other non-affective psychotic disorders
Swedish-born (reference) 2899 64.3 1 1
Finland 15 0.3 2.09 1.26–3.47 1.91 1.14–3.17
Other Nordic 22 0.5 1.56 1.00–2.42 1.36 0.87–2.12
Europe 225 5.0 1.60 1.40–1.84 1.50 1.30–1.72
Asia + Oceania 140 3.1 1.96 1.65–2.33 1.79 1.50–2.13
Middle East 240 5.3 2.00 1.75–2.28 1.88 1.64–2.16
Africa 198 4.4 4.89 4.23–5.65 4.39 3.77–5.10
North America 20 0.4 2.12 1.35–3.34 1.94 1.23–3.05
South America 64 1.4 2.13 1.66–2.73 2.12 1.65–2.72
Bipolar disorder without psychosis
Swedish-born (reference) 5130 81.5 1 1
Finland 21 0.3 1.73 1.13–2.66 1.56 1.01–2.41
Other Nordic 31 0.5 1.44 1.01–2.05 1.35 0.94–1.93
Europe 110 1.8 0.45 0.37–0.54 0.43 0.36–0.53
Asia + Oceania 79 1.3 0.63 0.50–0.79 0.60 0.47–0.75
Middle East 88 1.4 0.42 0.34–0.52 0.43 0.34–0.53
Africa 23 0.4 0.33 0.22–0.50 0.32 0.21–0.48
North America 26 0.4 1.68 1.14–2.47 1.69 1.15–2.50
South America 62 1.0 1.16 0.90–1.49 1.27 0.99–1.63
Unknown 1 0.0 3.73 0.52–26.46 3.27 0.46–23.27

95% CI, 95% confidence interval. There were no cases of schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder, affective psychosis, or other non-affective psychosis among people of ‘unknown’ region of origin.

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Adjusted for age, sex and time period.