Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the sample (N = 1,043,236)
Without antipsychotic prescriptions | With antipsychotic prescriptions | P value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
n | 1,025,456 | 17,780 | |
Sex (%) | < 0.001 | ||
Men | 436,623 (42.6) | 7110 (40.0) | |
Women | 588,833 (57.4) | 10,670 (60.0) | |
Age (%) | < 0.001 | ||
45–54 | 341,743 (33.3) | 6614 (37.2) | |
55–64 | 306,180 (29.9) | 5037 (28.3) | |
65–74 | 200,401 (19.5) | 2421 (13.6) | |
75–84 | 138,672 (13.5) | 2354 (13.2) | |
85+ | 38,460 (3.8) | 1354 (7.6) | |
International Classification of Primary Care Diagnoses (%) | |||
Schizophrenia | 69 (0.0) | 156 (0.9) | < 0.001 |
Depression | 1845 (0.2) | 36 (0.2) | 0.539 |
Bipolar disorder | 5 (0.0) | 3 (0.0) | < 0.001 |
Dementia | 1338 (0.1) | 326 (1.8) | < 0.001 |
Tobacco abuse | 6209 (0.6) | 116 (0.7) | 0.453 |
Diabetes | 147,949 (14.4) | 3160 (17.8) | < 0.001 |
Hypertension | 378,476 (36.9) | 5663 (31.9) | < 0.001 |
Atrial fibrillation | 3738 (0.4) | 78 (0.4) | 0.118 |
Stroke | 12,388 (1.2) | 384 (2.2) | < 0.001 |
Lipid disorder | 101,192 (9.9) | 1285 (7.2) | < 0.001 |
Statin prescription (%) | 77,410 (7.6) | 1169 (6.6) | < 0.001 |
Antidepressant prescription (%) | 29,166 (2.8) | 4905 (27.6) | < 0.001 |
Acute ischemic heart disease hospitalization within 4 years (%) | 0.691 | ||
Not hospitalized | 1,017,251 (99.2) | 17,643 (99.2) | |
Hospitalized | 8205 (0.8) | 137 (0.8) | |