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Table 1 Patients’ socio-demographics and clinical characteristics (n = 5256)

From: Association of cardiovascular metabolic risk factor measurements with psychiatric readmission among in-hospital patients with severe mental illness: a retrospective study

Patient characteristics

Count

%

Age (mean ± SD)

56 ± 14

Gender

Female

2485

47.3

Male

2771

52.7

Ethnicities

Chinese

3870

73.6

Malay

600

11.4

Indian

575

10.9

Caucasian

21

0.4

Others

190

3.6

Religion

Buddhism

366

7

Christine

221

4.2

Hinduism

99

1.9

Islam

243

4.6

Taoism

30

0.6

Free thinker

160

3

No mapping

4137

78.7

Marital Status

Married

1515

28.8

Divorced

210

4

Single

1702

32.4

Widowed

52

1

No mapping

1777

33.8

Primary diagnosis

Schizophrenia

3373

64.2

Depression

1349

25.7

Bipolar disorder

534

10.2

Hypertension

2539

48.3%

Diabetes

3142

59.8%

Cardiovascular diagnosis

Hyperlipidemia

4221

80.3%

Any 2 combined

1560

29.7%

Triple high

1543

29.4%

Medicine prescription

Antipsychotics

3729

70.9

Antidepressant

2516

47.9

Mood stabilizer

3021

57.5

CVD protection

203

3.9

Lowering blood glucose

1013

19.3

Lowering blood lipid

2116

40.3

Lowering blood pressure

1367

26

Others

3921

74.6

Behavior therapies

Psychotherapy

187

3.6

Structured educational therapy

1515

28.8

Structured group therapy

712

13.5

Structured recreational therapy

1828

34.8

Other treatment

Electroconvulsive therapy

110

2.1

  1. SD standard error, CVD cardiovascular disease