Table 2 Incidence, hazard ratios (HRs), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for following bell’s palsy among the sampled population
From: Depressive disorder and elevated risk of bell’s palsy: a nationwide propensity score-weighting study
Occurrence of Bell’s palsy | Patients with depressive disorder (n = 44,198) | Patients without depressive disorder (n = 1,433,650) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
5-year follow-up period | ||||
Incidence rate per 1,000 person-years (95% CI) | 1.452 (1.294–1.625) | 1.010 (0.988–1.035) | ||
Event of Bell’s palsy | 305 | 0.69 | 7,014 | 0.49 |
Free of Bell’s palsy | 43,893 | 99.31 | 1,426,636 | 99.51 |
Cox proportional hazards model | ||||
Crude HR (95% CI) | 1.436*** (1.280–1.610) | Ref. | ||
Adjusted HRa (95% CI) | 1.313*** (1.169–1.474) | Ref. | ||
Propensity score-weighted Cox proportional hazards model | ||||
Crude IPTW-HR (95% CI) | 1.325*** (1.177–1.493) | Ref. | ||
Adjusted IPTW-HRa (95% CI) | 1.315*** (1.168–1.481) | Ref. | ||