Table 2

Incidence of anxiety disorders in traumatic brain injury patients with and without pre-existing hyperlipidaemia

 TBI with hyperlipidaemiaTBI without hyperlipidaemiaIRR* (95% CI)Crude HR
(95% CI)
Adjusted† HR
(95% CI)
NADsPYIRNADsPYIR
Total12741377217.41189.82254817714890.15118.871.60 (1.28 to 2.00)1.58 (1.27 to 1.98)1.58 (1.24 to 2.02)
Age
 ≤35827651.46107.4516481335.0659.921.79 (0.65 to 4.94)1.00 (ref.)1.00 (ref.)
 35–50274291779.58162.96548363657.2698.431.66 (1.02 to 2.70)$1.47 (0.84 to 2.58)1.33 (0.75 to 2.33)
 50–65399532128.21249.04797534471.10118.542.10 (1.44 to 3.07)1.87 (1.09 to 3.21)$1.52 (0.88 to 2.64)
 >65519482658.16180.581039805426.74147.421.22 (0.86 to 1.75)1.82 (1.07 to 3.11)$1.43 (0.82 to 2.49)
Gender
 Male860704925.39142.121720939997.3193.031.53 (1.12 to 2.08)$1.00 (ref.)1.00 (ref.)
 Female414672292.02292.32828844892.85171.681.70 (1.24 to 2.35)$1.90 (1.52 to 2.37)1.84 (1.47 to 2.30)
Hypertension
 No717784517.91172.65212314412891.99111.701.55 (1.17 to 2.04)$1.00 (ref.)1.00 (ref.)
 Yes557592699.50218.56425331998.16165.151.32 (0.86 to 2.03)1.43 (1.12 to 1.82)$1.16 (0.88 to 1.54)
Diabetes mellitus
 No828954995.69190.16233116413814.23118.721.60 (1.24 to 2.06)1.00 (ref.)1.00 (ref.)
 Yes446422221.72189.04217131075.93120.831.56 (0.84 to 2.91)1.14 (0.85 to 1.52)0.80 (0.58 to 1.10)
Cardiovascular disease
 No10731146119.97186.28241316314189.06114.881.62 (1.28 to 2.06)1.00 (ref.)1.00 (ref.)
 Yes201231097.44209.5813514701.10199.691.05 (0.54 to 2.04)1.47 (1.05 to 2.08)$1.20 (0.83 to 1.75)
  • ‡p<0.001; $p<0.05.

  • *Estimated with Poisson regression.

  • †The model was adjusted by age, gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease.

  • ADs, anxiety disorders; IR, incidence rate, per 10 000 person-years; IRR, incidence rate ratio; PY, person-year; ref., reference group; TBI, traumatic brain injury.