| 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]. |
