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Table 5 Univariate and multivariate analysis to evaluate associated factors to the metabolic syndrome in patients suffering from schizophrenia in Ethiopia (n = 200)

From: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among patients with schizophrenia in Ethiopia

Variable

Metabolic Syndrome

COR(95%CI)

P = value

AOR(95%CI)

P = value

Number of patients (%)

Yes, 43(21.5))

No, 157(78.5)

    

Age (in Years) n (%)

  < 30

3(7.0)

30(19.1)

1

   

  ≥ 30

40(93.0)

127(80.9)

0.32(0.09–1.1)

0.70

  

Sex n (%)

 Male

22(51.2)

107(68.2)

1

 

1

 

 Female

21(48.8)

50 (31.8)

2.04(1.03–4.06)

0.041

0.63(0.30–1.34)

0.231

Marital status n (%)

 Married

9(20.9)

19(12.1)

1

   

 Single

34(79.1)

138(87.9)

1.92(0.8–4.6)

0.144

  

Occupation status n (%)

 Working

11(25.6)

33(21.0)

1

   

 Not working

32(74.4)

124(79.0)

1.29(0.59–2.83)

0.523

  

PANSS Score mean ± SD

78 ± 13

85 ± 16

1.03(1.01–1.06)

0.012

1.03(1.001–1.054

0.046

Duration of illness (in Years) mean ± SD

16 ± 9

14 ± 9

0.98(0.94–1.02)

0.288

  

Current treatment n (%)

 FGAs

29(67.4)

103(66.0)

1

   

 SGAs

14(32.6)

53(34.0)

0.94(0.46–1.93)

0.862

  

Smoking status n (%)

 No

37(92.5)

117(75.0)

1

   

 Yes

3(7.5)

39(25.0)

4.1(1.2–14.1)

0.024

3.2(0.88–11.7

0.077

Khat Chewing status n (%)

 No

37(92.5)

143(91.7)

1

   

 Yes

3(7.5)

13(8.3)

1.12(0.30–4.14)

0.864

  

Living arrangement n (%)

 Lives with parental family

30(69.8)

130(82.8)

1

   

 Lives with marital family

8(18.6)

17(10.8)

0.49(0.19–1.24)

0.133

  

 Lives with other relatives/lives alone

5(11.6)

10(6.4)

0.46(0.15–1.50)

0.185

  
  1. Abbreviations: AOR adjusted ratios, COR Crude odds ratios, SD standard deviation, PANSS Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale