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

Table 2 Prevalence of physical health conditions by psychosis category

Physical health condition	Total	(a) Control	(b) Subclinical psychosis^a	(c) Psychosis diagnosis^b	Overall P value	P value (a) vs. (b)	P value (a) vs. (c)	P value (b) vs. (c)
Tuberculosis	1.7	1.3	3.7	7.0	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0009
Visual impairment	1.3	1.2	2.0	3.8	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Hearing problem	3.3	3.2	3.6	8.1	<0.0001	0.1045	<0.0001	<0.0001
Chronic back pain	6.7	5.7	11.7	15.0	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0182
Edentulism	5.9	5.7	7.4	9.0	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0011	0.1837
Arthritis	13.2	12.1	18.2	30.5	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Angina pectoris	14.9	13.1	24.8	33.0	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Asthma	5.1	4.5	8.5	14.8	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Diabetes mellitus	3.0	2.6	5.0	6.5	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0689
Number of physical health conditions
Mean number (SD)	0.55 (0.90)	0.49 (0.86)	0.83 (0.99)	1.27 (1.33)	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
0	65.2	68.0	49.6	37.5	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
1	21.8	20.6	28.6	26.5
2	8.6	7.5	14.1	17.8
3	3.2	2.7	5.2	10.9
4	1.1	0.9	1.9	5.1
≥ 5	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.3

Data are column percentage (i.e., the prevalence of each physical health condition among those in that psychosis category) or mean (SD). Estimates are based on weighted sample
^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
^bPsychosis diagnosis refers to self-reported lifetime diagnosis of schizophrenia/psychosis

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