Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Mortality Risk in Taiwan

JAMA Network Open
Vincent Chin-Hung ChenCharles Tzu-Chi Lee

Abstract

Few studies have investigated levels of mortality in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and findings have been inconsistent and lacking information on specific causes of deaths. To investigate the association between ADHD and causes of death in Taiwan. A nationwide population-based cohort study was conducted using a cross-national Taiwanese registry. The ADHD group comprised 275 980 individuals aged 4 to 44 years with a new diagnosis between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2012. All individuals with ADHD were compared with 1 931 860 sex- and age-matched controls without ADHD. The association between ADHD and mortality was analyzed using a Cox regression model that controlled for sex, age, residence, insurance premium, outpatient visits, congenital anomaly, intellectual disability, depression disorder, autism, substance use disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. The analysis of suicide, unintentional injury, homicide, and natural-cause mortality was performed by a competing risk adjusted Cox regression controlling for other causes of mortality and potential confounding factors. Data on mortality from all causes, suicide, unintentional injury, homicide, and natural causes coll...Continue Reading

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Jul 15, 2020·The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science·Vincent Chin-Hung ChenCharles Tzu-Chi Lee
Jul 21, 2020·Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences·Vincent Chin-Hung ChenMichael Gossop
Jan 4, 2021·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·Vincent Chin-Hung ChenMichael Gossop
Feb 8, 2021·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·Stephen V FaraoneYufeng Wang
Feb 6, 2021·The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine·Ryan S SultanMark Olfson
Apr 4, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Dian-Jeng LiCheng-Fang Yen
Jun 4, 2021·Sociology of Health & Illness·Fan-Tzu Tseng
Aug 28, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Wen-Jiun ChouCheng-Fang Yen

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