Table 3 Incidence rate ratio (IRR) for hospital diagnosed somatic disease among migrants with PTSD and depression (N = 407) and migrants without diagnosed psychiatric disorder (N = 91,697) adjusted for sex, age, income and stratified by region of origin

No psychiatric disorder

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Endocrinology (E00-E90)

2.55 (1.66–3.93)**

0.90 (0.47–1.73)

0.79 (0.30–2.11)

1.40 (1.08–1.81)*

 Neurology (G00-G99)

2.98 (1.87–4.76)**

1.76 (1.02–3.04)*

2.85 (1.06–7.62)*

2.24 (1.70–2.95)**

 Cardiology (I00-I99)

1.45 (0.87–2.41)

1.33 (0.86–2.07)

1.35 (0.43–4.19)

1.33 (0.98–1.79)

 Pulmonology (J00-J99)

2.25 (1.43–3.55)**

1.22 (0.65–2.27)

1.95 (0.81–4.7)

1.63 (1.25–3.13)**

 Gastroenterology (K00-K93)

1.32 (0.87–2.00)

1.17 (0.77–1.76)

1.35 (0.64–2.83)

1.53 (1.21–1.94)**

 Rheumatology (M00-M99)

2.23 (1.67–2.98)**

1.23 (0.88–1.71)

1.45 (0.75–2.78)

1.58 (1.32–1.89)**

 Genitourinary (N00-N99)

1.21 (0.76–1.93)

1.27 (0.83–1.95)

2.00 (1.00–4.01)

1.29 (1.01–1.65)*