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dc.contributor.authorTesli, Martin Steen
dc.contributor.authorDegerud, Erik
dc.contributor.authorPlana-Ripoll, Oleguer
dc.contributor.authorGustavsson, Kristin
dc.contributor.authorTorvik, Fartein Ask
dc.contributor.authorYstrøm, Eivind
dc.contributor.authorAsk, Helga
dc.contributor.authorTesli, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorStoltenberg, Camilla
dc.contributor.authorReichborn-Kjennerud, Ted
dc.contributor.authorNesvåg, Ragnar
dc.contributor.authorNæss, Øyvind Erik
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-29T07:00:19Z
dc.date.available2022-09-29T07:00:19Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-13
dc.description.abstractBackground: Individuals suffering from schizophrenia have a reduced life expectancy with cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a major contributor. Low educational attainment is associated with schizophrenia, as well as with all-cause and CVD mortality. However, it is unknown to what extent low educational attainment can explain the increased mortality in individuals with schizophrenia. Aim: Here, we quantify associations between educational attainment and allcause and CVD mortality in individuals with schizophrenia, and compare them with the corresponding associations in the general population. Method: All Norwegian citizens born between January 1, 1925, and December 31, 1959, were followed up from January 1, 1990, to December 31, 2014. The total sample included 1,852,113 individuals, of which 6548 were registered with schizophrenia. We estimated hazard ratios (HR) for all-cause and CVD mortality with Cox models, in addition to life years lost. Educational attainment for index persons and their parents were included in the models. Results: In the general population individuals with low educational attainment had higher risk of all-cause (HR: 1.48 [95% CI: 1.47–1.49]) and CVD (HR: 1.59 [95% CI: 1.57–1.61]) mortality. In individuals with schizophrenia these estimates were substantially lower (all-cause: HR: 1.13 [95% CI: 1.05–1.21] and CVD: HR:1.12 [95% CI: 0.98–1.27]). Low educational attainment accounted for 3.28 (3.21– 3.35) life years lost in males and 2.48 (2.42–2.55) years in females in the general population, but was not significantly associated with life years lost in individuals with schizophrenia. Results were similar for parental educational attainment. Conclusions: Our results indicate that while individuals with schizophrenia in general have lower educational attainment and higher mortality rates compared with the general population, the association between educational attainment and mortality is smaller in schizophrenia subjects than in the general population.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTesli, Degerud, Plana-Ripoll, Gustavsson, Torvik, Ystrøm, Ask, Tesli, Stoltenberg, Reichborn-Kjennerud, Nesvåg, Næss Ø. Educational attainment and mortality in schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2022en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2054896
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/acps.13407
dc.identifier.issn0001-690X
dc.identifier.issn1600-0447
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/26932
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleEducational attainment and mortality in schizophreniaen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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