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. 2014 Feb 22;14:52. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-52

Table 1.

Patient demographics and baseline characteristics (Transition baseline)

Parameter Underweight <19 kg/m 2 (n = 29) Normal-weight 19- < 25 kg/m 2 (n = 229) Overweight 25- < 30 kg/m 2 (n = 232) Obese ≥30 kg/m 2 (n = 154) Overall (N = 644)
Age (yrs), Mean (SD)
33.2 (11.20)
36.2 (10.57)
38.2 (10.85)
38.4 (9.81)
37.3 (10.58)
Men, n (%)
19 (65)
146 (64)
143 (62)
71 (46)
379 (59)
Race, n (%)
  White
19 (66)
147 (64)
139 (60)
82 (53)
387 (60)
  Black
3 (10)
30 (13)
37 (16)
50 (32)
120 (19)
  Asian
6 (21)
46 (20)
47 (20)
18 (12)
117 (18)
  Other
1 (3)
6 (3)
9 (4)
4 (3)
20 (3)
Baseline BMI (kg/m 2 ), Mean (SD)
18.0 (0.87)
22.5 (1.52)
27.1 (1.34)
35.4 (4.68)
27.0 (5.88)
Age at diagnosis of schizophrenia (years), Mean (SD)
25.4 (8.57)
25.4 (7.39)
26.0 (8.99)
25.4 (8.95)
25.6 (8.41)
Baseline total PANSS, Mean (SD)
77.1 (17.20)
71.4 (17.09)
72.6 (18.82)
72.8 (16.91)
72.4 (17.70)
Prior hospitalization, n (%)
  None
3 (10)
26 (11)
18 (8)
16 (10)
63 (10)
  Once
6 (21)
55 (24)
47 (20)
29 (19)
137 (21)
  Twice
9 (31)
49 (21)
48 (21)
40 (26)
146 (23)
  Three times
4 (14)
32 (14)
46 (20)
23 (15)
105 (16)
  Four times or more 7 (24) 67 (29) 73 (31) 46 (30) 193 (30)

BMI-body metabolic index; PANSS-Positive and Negative Symptom Scale score; SD-standard deviation.