Physical Illnesses Before Diagnosed as Schizophrenia: A Nationwide Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT: Some physical illnesses are potentially associated with the development of schizophrenia. However, few studies have investigated these associations. Here, we examined physical illnesses and medical utilization patterns existing before patients received a diagnosis of schizophrenia. We enrolled a large representative cohort of the general population in Taiwan (N = 1 000 000) and identified 1969 young patients with a new diagnosis of schizophrenia from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2013. We conducted a nested case-control study based on risk-set sampling. Each case was age-matched and sex-matched with 4 controls selected from the general population. The case and control groups were compared on the basis of various clinical characteristics. Conditional logistic regression was used to estima

SUBMITTER: Chen YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7342094 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature