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Abstract: Background: Few investigations have been carried out on metabolic syndrome in antipsychotic- naïve patients with schizophrenia. Methods: Our primary objective was to compare the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), as defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III in 2001 (NCEP-ATP III), between a Spanish cohort of 303 drug-naïve patients with a first episode of psychosis (FEP) without any previous cardiovascular condition, and 153 healthy individuals. Results: Participants included 303 patients with FEP (M:F 53:46) and 153 control subjects (M:F 56:43). The mean and standard deviation ages were 31(9.38) and 29 (7.57) years in the study and control groups respectively (F = 4.09; p = 0.93). We found that the prevalence of MetS in drug-naïve patients with FEP (5.6 %) was similar to the prevalence of MetS in age-sex matched controls (5.12 %). However, 60.7 % of patients with FEP met at least one of the five MetS components, while among the control subjects only 36.5 % met at least one component. Additionally, we found that other factors not included among the operational definition of MetS, but still important in cardiovascular risk, were also altered. Conclusion: FEP patients have a greater risk of presenting at least one altered MetS component than healthy controls which could indicate the need of development of screening methods detecting cardiovascular risk. Likewise, gender differences in metabolic components such as waist circumference, which is a predictor of cardiovascular events have been found. Similarly, research should focus on metabolic risk predictors that include not only MetS, but also specific parameters for the early psychosis population.
Fuente: Schizophrenia Research, 2022, 246, 277-285
Publisher: Elsevier
Year of publication: 2022
No. of pages: 9
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.07.007
ISSN: 0920-9964,1573-2509
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.07.007
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GARRIDO-TORRES, NATHALIA
RUIZ VEGUILLA, MIGUEL
ALAMEDA, LUIS
CANAL-RIVERO, MANUEL
JUNCAL RUIZ, MARÍA
GÓMEZ REVUELTA, MARCOS
AYESA ARRIOLA, ROSA
RUBIO-GARCÍA, ANA
BENEDICTO CRESPO FACORRO
JAVIER VAZQUEZ BOURGON
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