Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Models for People With Severe Mental Illness
Author(s) -
David Osborn,
Sarah Hardoon,
Rumana Z. Omar,
R. I. G. Holt,
Michael King,
John Larsen,
Louise Marston,
Richard Morris,
Irwin Nazareth,
Kate Walters,
Irene Petersen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.2133
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , bipolar disorder , population , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , psychiatry , confidence interval , environmental health , lithium (medication)
People with severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, have excess rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Risk prediction models validated for the general population may not accurately estimate cardiovascular risk in this group.
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