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Table 3 Hazard ratio (HR) for use of antidepressants or anxiolytic drugs in the intervention group compared with controls, with exclusion at baseline of former users of AD or AX, and adjusted for confounders

From: CT-Screening for lung cancer does not increase the use of anxiolytic or antidepressant medication

 

Relative risk estimates

 

N, (%)

Adj. HR

95 % CI

Intervention versus control status

 Control

385 (21.69)

1.00

Reference

 Intervention

390 (21.87)

1.01

0.88

1.17

Possible confounders:

Gender

 Men

367(47.35)

1.00

Reference

 Women

408(52.65)

1.69

1.45

1.96

Age

 ≤ mean age 57.3 years

415 (53.55)

1.00

Reference

 >mean age 57.3 years

360 (46.45)

0.88

0.76

1.03

Civil status

 Living together

518 (67.19)

1.00

Reference

 Living alone

253 (32.81)

1.30

1.11

1.52

Social status (SES)

 Low

313 (40.39)

1.00

Reference

 Middle

253 (32.65)

0.84

0.77

0.92

 High

209 (26.97)

0.42

0.34

0.50

Charlson Co-morbidity index (CCI)

 0

609 (78.58)

1.00

Reference

 1

111 (14.32)

1.35

1.20

1.52

 > 1

55 (7.10)

2.70

1.13

4.27

Total 775 (21.78)