Measure Patients WithSchizophrenia* (n=15) Healthy Controls(n=15) p Value
Mean age (years) 33.7 30.1 NS
BMI (kg/m2) 26.7 22.8 <0.003
Waist-to-hip ratio 0.99 0.86 <0.005
Total body fat (mm2) 34,680.9 27,692.5 NS
Intra-abdominal fat (mm2) 13,232.0 3879.9 <0.005
*Patients were either drug-naïve (n=7) or had been free of oral neuroleptics for ≥≥ 6 weeks and IM neuroleptics for ≥≥ 6 months (n=8). NS=not significant [3].
Table 2: Adiposity in Patients with Untreated Schizophrenia.