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. 2020 Feb 21;63(1):e24. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.25

Table 2.

Somatic comorbidity in men and women with schizophrenia, nonschizophrenic psychoses, and nonpsychotic controls

Somatic diseases Schizophrenia (n = 227) Nonschizophrenic psychoses (n = 205) Nonpsychotic controls (n = 10,501)
n % AHR 95% CI BH p-value n % AHR 95% CI BH p-value n %
1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 60 26.4 1.35 1.04–1.75 0.07 64 31.2 1.68 1.31–2.16 0.0001 2,013 19.2
2. Neoplasms 54 23.8 1.33 1.01–1.74 0.11 40 19.5 1.01 0.74–1.38 0.96 2,118 20.2
3. Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism 18 7.9 2.00 1.25–3.22 0.02 19 9.3 2.29 1.45–3.64 0.0008 425 4.0
4. Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 51 22.5 1.81 1.36–2.39 0.0005 58 28.3 2.42 1.86–3.15 <0.0001 1,330 12.7
5. Diseases of the nervous system 55 24.2 1.08 0.83–1.41 0.62 70 34.1 1.61 1.27–2.05 0.0002 2,345 22.3
6. Diseases of the eye and adnexa 42 18.5 1.19 0.88–1.62 0.35 34 16.6 1.04 0.74–1.46 0.91 1,739 16.6
7. Diseases of the ear and mastoid process 30 13.2 1.23 0.86–1.77 0.35 30 14.6 1.40 0.97–2.01 0.09 1,149 10.9
8. Diseases of the circulatory system 67 29.5 1.23 0.97–1.57 0.20 85 41.5 1.53 1.23–1.90 0.0003 2,804 26.7
9. Diseases of the respiratory system 114 50.2 1.04 0.86–1.25 0.67 120 58.5 1.27 1.06–1.52 0.01 5,014 47.7
10. Diseases of the digestive system 143 63.0 1.14 0.96–1.34 0.24 137 66.8 1.31 1.10–1.55 0.003 6,233 59.4
11. Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 51 22.5 1.16 0.88–1.53 0.35 65 31.7 1.72 1.34–2.20 0.0001 2,014 19.2
12. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 85 37.4 0.68 0.54–0.84 0.002 113 55.1 1.21 1.00–1.45 0.06 5,117 48.7
13. Diseases of the genitourinary system 74 32.6 1.14 0.90–1.43 0.35 89 43.4 1.59 1.29–1.96 0.0001 3,193 30.4

Bold values are statistically significant, p-value < 0.05. Abbreviations: AHR, adjusted hazard ratio; BH p-value, Benjamini–Hochberg corrected p-value; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.