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. 2022 May 6;5(5):e2210743. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10743

Table 4. Case Fatality and Adjusted Odds Ratios of COVID-19 Mortality by Psychotropic Medication Exposures.

Psychotropic medication Patients with COVID, No. (n = 969) COVID-19–related deaths, No. (%) (n = 38 [3.9%]) Odds ratio (95% CI)
Medications only Adjusted for age and sex Fully adjusteda
First-generation antipsychotic
Chlorpromazineb 47 0 NA NA NA
Second-generation antipsychotic
Olanzapine 398 14 (3.5) 0.54 (0.26-1.09) 0.61 (0.30-1.27) 0.61 (0.29-1.29)
Clozapine 341 6 (1.8) 0.25 (0.10-0.62)c 0.40 (0.16-1.03) 0.43 (0.17-1.12)
Risperidone 157 3 (1.9) 0.32 (0.10-1.07) 0.35 (0.10-1.20) 0.42 (0.12-1.45)
Paliperidone 67 2 (3.0) 0.62 (0.14-2.71) 0.51 (0.11-2.32) 0.54 (0.12-2.49)
Mood stabilizers
Valproic acid 363 16 (4.4) 1.33 (0.68-2.59) 1.58 (0.78-3.16) 1.48 (0.72-3.03)
Antidepressants
Sertraline 62 1 (1.6) 0.36 (0.05-2.67) 0.46 (0.06-3.52) 0.53 (0.07-4.08)
Citalopram 70 1 (1.4) 0.36 (0.05-2.67) 0.38 (0.05-2.94) 0.46 (0.06-3.57)
Escitalopramb 47 0 NA NA NA

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.

a

The fully adjusted odds ratios controlled for age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and other medications in the model.

b

Could not be retained for statistical modeling owing to 0 deaths.

c

P < .01, where α′ = .05/4 = .0125 to correct for multiple comparisons.