Data Sheet 1_Young patients with congenital heart disease on psychotropic medications have

A nationwide nested case-control study of 23,504 individuals aged 5-30 years in Sweden who were treated with psychotropic medications and experienced at least one cardiac event between 2006 and 2018. The data, authored by Howaida Elmowafi, includes 2,409 cases with recurrent cardiac events and examines associations with congenital heart disease, sex, age, and polypharmacy. The dataset was last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess the association between congenital heart disease and recurrent cardiac events based on adjusted odds ratios.
• Analyze risk factors like sex, age group, and psychotropic polypharmacy for recurrent cardiac events.
• Study the epidemiology of cardiac events in young populations prescribed medications for ADHD, depression, anxiety, or insomnia.

Strengths

• Data covers a 12-year period (2006-2018) from a nationwide Swedish registry.
• Includes 23,504 individuals with at least one cardiac event, of whom 2,409 had recurrent events.
• Study controls for specific covariates including sex, age, and psychotropic polypharmacy.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the Swedish registry source.

Provenance

Source

Swedish national health registers.

Collection Method

Nested case-control study design using registry data.

Time Range

2006 to 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 06:57:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sweden