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. 2022 Jul 28;12(8):e062446. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062446

Table 4.

Likelihood of experiencing mental health complaints in the past 2 weeks of systemic glucocorticoid (GC) users (n=222) and inhaled GC users (n=557) compared with controls

Likelihood ratio test Systemic GC vs controls Inhaled GC vs controls
X2 P value PFDR OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Depression 10.6 0.0049 0.0049 1.76 1.25 to 2.43 8.2e-4 1.10 0.87 to 1.38 0.43
Disinterest 10.9 0.0043 0.0049 1.84 1.29 to 2.56 5.1e-4 1.06 0.82 to 1.36 0.64
Tenseness 13.4 0.0012 0.0025 1.78 1.29 to 2.41 3.0e-4 1.16 0.92 to 1.43 0.19
Tiredness 32.4 9.2e-8 3.7e-7 1.90 1.45 to 2.50 4.4e-6 1.35 1.14 to 1.60 6.3e-4

Calculated using logistic regression analysis, adjusting for age, sex, and education. P values in bold are statistically significant after Bonferroni correction for family-wise error rate of two tests (p<0.025).

PFDR, Benjamini-Hochberg false discovery rate corrected p values.