Table 1 Doctor-diagnosed depression in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients (n = 1,738) compared with the general population seeking healthcare (n = 967,012)
From: The risk for depression in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a population-based cohort study
Observed | Expected | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person time (years) | Number of cases1 | Depression rate2 | Number of cases | Depression rate2 | Absolute rate differences2 | Rate ratio3 | 95% CI | |
Men, all | 6,983 | 89 | 1,275 | 60 | 853 | 421 | 1.49 | 1.20, 1.89 |
≤50 years | 2,879 | 42 | 1,376 | 27 | 933 | 443 | 1.47 | 1.10, 1.93 |
>50 years | 4,104 | 47 | 1,155 | 31 | 759 | 396 | 1.52 | 1.07, 2.10 |
Women, all | 3,259 | 83 | 2,547 | 46 | 1,409 | 1,138 | 1.81 | 1.44, 2.24 |
≤50 years | 1,274 | 39 | 2,825 | 20 | 1,546 | 1,279 | 1.83 | 1.35, 2.42 |
>50 years | 1,984 | 44 | 2,244 | 25 | 1,260 | 984 | 1.78 | 1.24, 2.48 |
Total, all | 10,242 | 172 | 1,679 | 105 | 1,030 | 649 | 1.63 | 1.40, 1.89 |
≤50 years | 4,153 | 83 | 1,825 | 47 | 1,123 | 702 | 1.63 | 1.32, 1.98 |
>50 years | 6,089 | 89 | 1,512 | 56 | 923 | 588 | 1.64 | 1.28, 2.06 |