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. 2009 Apr 7;7:4. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-7-4

Table 3.

Adverse Event Values

Parameter Value Data Source
Adverse Event Rates for EPS
 Olanzapine 15.5% Carlson et al., 2003 [67]
 Risperidone 24.7%
 Quetiapine 8.0% Package insert, revised 10/2007
 Ziprasidone 14.0% Package insert, revised 07/2007
 Aripiprazole 21.0% Fleischhacker et al., 2008 [68]

Adverse Event Rates for Clinically Significant Weight Gain (≥ 7%)

 Olanzapine 30.0%
 Risperidone 14.0% Lieberman et al., 2005 [23]
 Quetiapine 16.0%
 Ziprasidone 7.0%
 Aripiprazole 7.3% Fleischhacker et al., 2008 [68]

Adverse Event Rates for Diabetes

 Olanzapine 3.3%
 Risperidone 3.2% Lambert et al., 2006 [69]
 Quetiapine 3.6%
 Ziprasidone 2.0% Assumed equal to Lambert et al., 2006 [69] lowest reported rate, that for typicals
 Aripiprazole 2.0%

Adverse Event Rates for Hyperlipidemia

 Olanzapine 16.8%
 Risperidone 14.0% Lieberman et al., 2005 [23]
 Quetiapine 14.1% Lambert et al., 2005 [70]
 Ziprasidone 8.1% Olfson et al., 2006 [71]
 Aripiprazole 3.6%