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From: Physical and mental health comorbidity is common in people with multiple sclerosis: nationally representative cross-sectional population database analysis

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Odds ratios for individual mental conditions: people with MS (n = 3826) vs controls (n = 1,268,859). *Odds Ratios adjusted for Age, Sex and Deprivation Scores. Note on abbreviations [13]: Depression = Read code recorded in last 12 months OR ≥4 anti-depressant prescriptions (excluding low dose tricyclics) in last 12 months; Anxiety = Anxiety & other neurotic, stress related & somatoform disorders, Read code in last 12 months OR ≥ 4 anxiolytic/hypnotic prescriptions in last 12 months. OR ≥4 10/25 mg amitriptyline in last 12 months & do not meet the criteria for ‘Pain.’; Drugs Misuse = Other psychoactive substance misuse; Eating Disorder = Anorexia or Bulimia; Bipolar/Schizo = Schizophrenia (and related non-organic psychosis) or bipolar disorder, Read code ever recorded/recorded in last 12 months (code dependent) OR Lithium prescribed in last 168 days.

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