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High prevalence PF metabolic syndrome in schizophrenic patients: A review of the literature
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 April 2020
Abstract
Schizophrenic patients have a standardized mortality rate that more than doubles the expected rate for the rest of the population. A substantial percentage of the morbidity and mortality in these patients is due to cardiovascular disease. The metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent among schizophrenics and produces a 2-4-fold increase in coronary risk. The objective of the present poster was to analyze the few reports published on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the schizophrenic patients and the associated sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinical and psychopharmacological variables.
Most reports concur on the high prevalence of the metabolic sybdroem in schizophrenic patients and, therefore, the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of its components is essential to reduce cardiovascular risk in these individuals.
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- Poster Session 1: Schizophrenia and Other Psychosis
- Information
- European Psychiatry , Volume 22 , Issue S1: 15th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 15th AEP Congress , March 2007 , pp. S139
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- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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