Table 1.
Risk | Protective | |
---|---|---|
Biological | Schizophrenia | Schizophrenia |
Neuroleptics | Neuroleptics | |
Hyperprolactinaemia secondary to prolactin elevating antipsychotics | Early death from other causes | |
Low birth weight | Lower fertility | |
Lower fertility | ||
Obesity | ||
Diabetes/elevated blood sugar | ||
Inflammatory changes | ||
Birth order | ||
Behavioural | Tobacco smoking | Lower exposure to occupational carcinogens |
Cannabis use | Low exposure to sunlight | |
Alcohol | ||
Poor dietary intake | ||
Lower exercise rates | ||
Obesity | ||
Poor self-recognition of physical health problems | ||
Poor treatment adherence | ||
Access to healthcare | Stigma | Greater screening in some environments |
Tenuous engagement with physical health services due to mental state |