No association between schizophrenia and female hepatocellular carcinoma: a case-control study in Taiwan

ABSTRACT

To investigate the relationship between schizophrenia and hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] in women in Taiwan Case-control study by analyzing the database from the Taiwan National Health Insurance program There were 922 female subjects aged 40 years or older with newly diagnosed HCC as the case group and 3688 female subjects aged 40 years or older without HCC as the control group. The relationship between schizophrenia and HCC was investigated. After controlling for confounding factors, multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that the odds ratio of HCC was 1.82 [95% CI = 0.64, 5.18] in subjects with schizophrenia, when compared with non-schizophrenia subjects. There is no association between schizophrenia and HCC in women in Taiwan