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Query: UMLS:C0085693 (
acute appendicitis
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The present study tests the hypothesis of a negative association between patients with schizophrenia,
manic-depressive psychosis
and
acute appendicitis
. Using the nation-wide Danish case registers the occurrence of
acute appendicitis
among up to 20,402 inpatients with schizophrenia and up to 10,281 inpatients with
manic-depressive psychosis
and ten individually matched control persons for each psychiatric patient was investigated. A case-control and follow-up design was applied. Persons who developed schizophrenia had a significantly decreased relative risk of
acute appendicitis
of 0.49 before and of 0.59 after first psychiatric admission. Similarly the occurrence of
manic-depressive psychosis
was associated with a decreased relative risk of
acute appendicitis
of 0.50 before and of 0.70 after first psychiatric admission. One or more unknown factors inversely affect the risk for the subsequent development of psychoses and
acute appendicitis
. Further studies of this relationship may help to clarify etiological or pathophysiological aspects of schizophrenia and
manic-depressive psychosis
.
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PMID:Decreased risk of acute appendicitis in patients with schizophrenia or manic-depressive psychosis. 1135 89
