Is the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Metabolic Abnormalities Increased in Early Schizophrenia? A Comparative Meta-Analysis of First Episode, Untreated and Treated Patients
Author(s) -
Alex J. Mitchell,
Davy Vancampfort,
Amber De Herdt,
Yu Wang,
Marc D. Binder
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
schizophrenia bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.823
H-Index - 190
eISSN - 1745-1707
pISSN - 0586-7614
DOI - 10.1093/schbul/sbs082
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , hypertriglyceridemia , diabetes mellitus , overweight , blood pressure , meta analysis , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , obesity , endocrinology , psychiatry , cholesterol , triglyceride
We aimed to discover whether metabolic complications of schizophrenia (SZ) are present in first episode (FE) and unmedicated (UM) patients, in comparison with patients established on antipsychotic medication (AP).
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