Table 1.

Table 1 Physical diseases with increased frequency in severe mental illness (from 15)

Disease category	Physical diseases with increased frequency
Bacterial infections and mycoses	Tuberculosis (+)
Viral diseases	HIV (++), hepatitis B/C (+)
Neoplasms	Obesity-related cancer (+)
Musculoskeletal diseases	Osteoporosis/decreased bone mineral density (+)
Stomatognathic diseases	Poor dental status (+)
Respiratory tract diseases	Impaired lung function (+)
Urological and male genital diseases	Sexual dysfunction (+)
Female genital diseases and pregnancy complications	Obstetric complications (++)
Cardiovascular diseases	Stroke, myocardial infarction, hypertension, other cardiac and vascular diseases (++)
Nutritional and metabolic diseases	Obesity (++), diabetes mellitus (+), metabolic syndrome (++),hyperlipidemia (++)
(++) very good evidence for increased risk, (+) good evidence for increased risk