Skip to main content
. 2020 Aug 11;10(8):e038247. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038247

Table 1.

Characteristics of cases and controls

Characteristics Cases, N (%) Controls, N (%)
All 21 434 85 576
Demographics
 Male sex (%) 10 277 (48) 41 010 (48)
 Age, median (IQR) 71 (64 to 78) 71 (64 to 78)
History of mental disorders
 Any psychiatric disease (%)  1549 (7)  4828 (6)
 Schizophrenia (%)  74 (<1)  217 (<1)
 Bipolar disease (%)  120 (1)  356 (<1)
 Moderate-to-severe depression (%)  549 (3)  1742 (2)
 Dementia (%)  122 (1)  366 (<1)
Other comorbidities
 Acute kidney injury (%)  2436 (11)  2477 (3)
 Diabetes (%)  3057 (14)  8138 (10)
 Hypertension (%) 13 962 (65) 47 095 (55)
Antipsychotic exposure
 Second-generation antipsychotics (%)  557 (3)  1731 (2)
 Quetiapine (%)  173 (1)  504 (1)
 Aripiprazole (%)  8 (<1)  41 (<1)
 Risperidone (%)  299 (1)  967 (1)
 Olanzapine (%)  220 (1)  593 (1)
 Clozapine (%)  37 (<1)  82 (<1)
Exposure to other medications
 Prior use of lithium (%)  210 (1)  563 (1)
 Recent use of NSAIDs (%)  5610 (26) 20 081 (23)
Highest achieved level of education (%)
 Level 1 10 250 (48) 38 385 (45)
 Level 2  6785 (32) 27 778 (32)
 Level 3  2687 (13) 12 727 (15)
 Unknown  1712 (8)  6686 (8)

NSAIDs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.