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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample (overall and by presence of multimorbidity)

From: Physical multimorbidity and psychosis: comprehensive cross sectional analysis including 242,952 people across 48 low- and middle-income countries

   

Multimorbidity

 

Total

 

No

 

Yes

 

Characteristic

Unweighted N

 

Unweighted N

 

Unweighted N

 

Psychosis category

 Control

179,429

85.1

160,143

86.8

19,286

74.1

 Subclinical psychosisa

25,493

13.8

19,883

12.4

5610

22.9

 Psychosis diagnosisb

2224

1.1

1502

0.8

722

2.9

Sex

 Male

93,358

49.4

84,268

51.2

9090

37.4

 Female

115,846

50.6

98,964

48.8

16,882

62.6

Age, years (Mean (SD))

 

38.4 (16.0)

 

36.1 (14.5)

 

53.5 (16.8)

Education

 No formal

48,343

26.4

39,043

24.5

9300

39.2

 Primary

71,356

31.4

62,449

31.5

8907

31.0

 Secondary completed

72,087

32.7

66,072

34.3

6015

22.4

 Tertiary completed

17,287

9.5

15,564

9.8

1723

7.4

Wealth (quintiles)

 Poorest

47,582

20.3

40,246

19.5

7336

25.5

 Poorer

41,449

20.0

35,989

19.7

5460

21.9

 Middle

37,705

19.8

33,350

20.0

4355

19.0

 Richer

35,378

19.9

31,597

20.3

3781

17.2

 Richest

33,305

19.9

30,111

20.5

3194

16.3

  1. Data are percentages unless otherwise stated
  2. aSubclinical psychosis refers to having at least one of delusional mood, delusions of reference and persecution, delusions of control, and hallucinations in the past 12 months but without a psychosis diagnosis
  3. bPsychosis diagnosis refers to self-reported lifetime diagnosis of schizophrenia/psychosis
  4. The differences in all sample characteristics between those with and without multimorbidity were statistically significant (P < 0.0001)
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