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. 2021 Feb 27;15(11):1824–1836. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab039

Table 4.

Hazard ratio of the first ever event of overall psychiatric morbidity and suicides in a cohort of patients with adult-onset inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. Individuals with IBD compared with matched general population reference individuals

Characteristic Overall psychiatric morbidity Suicide
No. of outcomes/person-years [incidence rate/1000 person- years] No. of outcomes/person-years [incidence rate/1000 person- years] Hazard ratio [95% CI] p value No. of outcomes/person-years [incidence rate/1000 person- years] No. of outcomes/person-years [incidence rate/1000 person- years] Hazard ratio [95% CI] p value
Patients Reference individuals Patients Reference individuals
Sex
Male sex 3479/454 890 [7.6] 149 148/23 565 876 [6.3] 1.2 [1.2-1.2] <0.0001 147/477 827 [0.3] 6891/24 651 152 [0.3] 1.1 [1.0–1.3] 0.1636
Female sex 3986/434 795 [9.2] 157 763/22 782 565 [6.9] 1.3 [1.3–1.4] <0.0001 64/462 578 [0.1] 2502/23 931 661 [0.1] 1.3 [1.0–1.7] 0.0202
Country of birth
Sweden 6623/820 438 [8.1] 276 377/42 803 832 [6.5] 1.3 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 200/866 252 [0.2] 8752/44 847 062 [0.2] 1.2 [1.0–1.4] 0.0090
Other 842/ 69 247 [12.2] 30 534/35 44 609 [8.6] 1.4 [1.3–1.5] <0.0001 11/ 74 153 [0.1] 641/3 735 751 [0.2] 0.9 [0.5–1.6] 0.6398
Level of education
Compulsory school 1984/225 743 [8.8] 84 823/11 702 559 [7.2] 1.2 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 87/239 817 [0.4] 3452/12 346 821 [0.3] 1.3 [1.0–1.6] 0.0319
Upper secondary 2 years 2222/265 434 [8.4] 89 190/12 925 614 [6.9] 1.2 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 58/282 280 [0.2] 2807/13 641 645 [0.2] 1.0 [0.8–1.4] 0.7788
Upper secondary 3 years 1255/133 963 [9.4] 48 434/6 806 445 [7.1] 1.3 [1.2–1.4] <0.0001 26/141 879 [0.2] 1152/7 116 634 [0.2] 1.1 [0.7–1.6] 0.7639
University < 3 years 862/104 903 [8.2] 33 071/5 488 411 [6.0] 1.3 [1.2–1.4] <0.0001 17/110 283 [0.2] 753/5 718 476 [0.1] 1.2 [0.7–2.1] 0.4601
University ≥3 years 1029/147 884 [7.0] 44 800/8 261 687 [5.4] 1.3 [1.2–1.4] <0.0001 15/153 908 [0.1] 857/8 560 117 [0.1] 1.1 [0.6–1.9] 0.7058
Age at IBD diagnosis and/or cohort entry, years
18 to < 40 4307/505 306 [8.5] 177 644/25 796 082 [6.9] 1.2 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 123/538 230 [0.2] 5314/27 271 285 [0.2] 1.2 [1.0–1.4] 0.0646
40 to < 60 2089/267 599 [7.8] 85 108/13 844 080 [6.1] 1.3 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 49/280 955 [0.2] 2720/14 418 763 [0.2] 0.9 [0.7–1.2] 0.6203
≥ 60 1069/116 780 [9.2] 44 159/6 708 280 [6.6] 1.4 [1.3–1.5] <0.0001 39/121 220 [0.3] 1359/6 892 765 [0.2] 1.7 [1.3–2.4] 0.0008
Start year of follow-up, years
1973–1979 826/155 868 [5.3] 38 601/8 295 298 [4.7] 1.2 [1.1–1.2] <0.0001 54/165 731 [0.3] 2456/8 794 669 [0.3] 1.2 [0.9–1.6] 0.2188
1980–1989 1570/256 755 [6.1] 67 208/13 414 829 [5.0] 1.2 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 58/270 751 [0.2] 3138/14 060 847 [0.2] 1.0 [0.8–1.3] 0.8895
1990–1999 1847/214 613 [8.6] 74 595/11 297 818 [6.6] 1.3 [1.2–1.4] <0.0001 50/227 408 [0.2] 2013/11 817 259 [0.2] 1.3 [1.0–1.7] 0.0742
2000–2013 3222/262 450 [12.3] 126 507/13 340 496 [9.5] 1.3 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 49/276 516 [0.2] 1786/13 910 038 [0.1] 1.4 [1.0–1.9] 0.0224
Version of ICD classification at the time of cohort entry
ICD-8 [1973–1986] 1885/338 047 [5.6] 85 331/17 819 856 [4.8] 1.2 [1.1–1.2] <0.0001 97/357 772 [0.3] 4790/18 787 797 [0.3] 1.1 [0.9–1.3] 0.4284
ICD-9 [1987–1996] 1633/210 139 [7.8] 64 848/11 121 097 [5.8] 1.3 [1.3–1.4] <0.0001 54/222 402 [0.2] 2127/11 625 073 [0.2] 1.3 [1.0–1.8] 0.0306
ICD-10 [1997–2013] 3947/341 499 [11.6] 156 732/17 407 489 [9.0] 1.3 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 60/360 231 [0.2] 2476/18 169 944 [0.1] 1.2 [0.9–1.6] 0.1234
Source of data at the time of cohort entry
Inpatient register [prior to 2002] 5116/711 748 [7.2] 217 847/37 293 662 [5.8] 1.2 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 180/753 521 [0.2] 8289/39 179 989 [0.2] 1.2 [1.0–1.3] 0.0636
Inpatient and outpatient registers [since 2002] 2349/177 937 [13.2] 89 064/9 054 780 [9.8] 1.3 [1.3–1.4] <0.0001 31/186 884 [0.2] 1 104/9 402 824 [0.1] 1.4 [1.0–2.0] 0.0632
Length of follow-up, years
< 1 806/1 876 [430] 23 378/ 73 151 [320] 1.4 [1.2–1.6] <0.0001 25/8690 [2.9] 570/297 416 [1.9] 0.6 [0.2–1.7] 0.3073
1 to < 5 2 069/42 148 [49.1] 82 569/1 998 059 [41.3] 1.1 [1.0–1.2] 0.0024 70/58 070 [1.2] 2651/2 705 539 [1.0] 1.1 [0.8–1.5] 0.6274
5 to < 10 1700/111 537 [15.2] 75 096/5 565 126 [13.5] 1.0 [1.0–1.1] 0.2839 46/122 757 [0.4] 2417/6 107 664 [0.4] 1.0 [0.7–1.5] 0.8166
≥10 2890/734 123 [3.9] 125 868/38 712 105 [3.3] 1.2 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 70/750 888 [0.1] 3755/39 472 195 [0.1] 1.0 [0.8–1.3] 0.9153
Complications during follow-up
Extra intestinal manifestations 1302/122 889 [10.6] 40 842/6 179 148 [6.6] 1.6 [1.5–1.7] <0.0001 19/132 126 [0.1] 1163/6 487 144 [0.2] 0.8 [0.5–1.3] 0.3284
Primary sclerosing cholangitis 221/30 034 [7.4] 10 146/1 643 385 [6.2] 1.2 [1.0–1.4] 0.0085 3/ 31 446 [0.1] 388/1 724 802 [0.2] 0.4 [0.1–1.3] 0.1306
IBD surgery
Bowel surgery 2405/331 847 [7.2] 95 644/17 300 695 [5.5] 1.3 [1.3–1.4] <0.0001 94/352 318 [0.3] 4296/18 191 669 [0.2] 1.1 [0.9–1.4] 0.2201
Perianal surgery 868/102 112 [8.5] 31 288/5 227 059 [6.0] 1.4 [1.3–1.5] <0.0001 29/109 526 [0.3] 1299/5 506 498 [0.2] 1.1 [0.8–1.6] 0.5050
Psychiatric diagnoses in first degree relatives 3828/366 707 [10.4] 157 161/18 314 432 [8.6] 1.2 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 109/394 684 [0.3] 4731/19 536 671 [0.2] 1.2 [1.0–1.4] 0.0994
Psychiatric diagnoses in parents 1782/149 981 [11.9] 71 633/7 360 506 [9.7] 1.2 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 49/162 722 [0.3] 2085/7 913 820 [0.3] 1.3 [1.0–1.7] 0.0912
Psychiatric diagnoses in siblings 1434/135 207 [10.6] 60 476/6 559 666 [9.2] 1.2 [1.1–1.2] <0.0001 41/146 465 [0.3] 1779/7 051 238 [0.3] 1.2 [0.8–1.6] 0.3975
Psychiatric diagnoses in children 1832/170 435 [10.7] 75 426/8 613 156 [8.8] 1.2 [1.2–1.3] <0.0001 55/184 237 [0.3] 2405/9 215 917 [0.3] 1.1 [0.8–1.5] 0.4324