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. 2014 Jul 22;10:1361–1368. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S63140

Table 2.

The comparison of BMI, WHR, and glucose metabolic parameters among drug-naïve, antipsychotic-treated, and antipsychotic discontinuation patients with schizophrenia

Drug-naïve patients
n=70
Antipsychotic-treated patients
n=33
Antipsychotic discontinuation patients
n=28
F P-value Pairwise comparison (P-value)
Drug-naïve vs antipsychotic-treated Antipsychotic-treated vs discontinuation Drug-naïve vs antipsychotic discontinuation
BMI (kg/m2) 19.63 (2.53) 23.09 (3.92) 22.28 (4.19) 6.194 0.003 0.001 0.504 0.015
Waistline (cm) 70.42 (7.63) 81.87 (9.35) 78.92 (10.94) 9.326 0.000 0.000 0.364 0.004
WHR 0.82 (0.06) 0.89 (0.06) 0.87 (0.09) 2.743 0.068 0.022 0.247 0.158
FPG (mmol/L) 4.79 (0.71) 5.11 (0.80) 4.82 (0.62) 1.306 0.274 0.182 0.139 0.743
FINS (mU/L) 8.49 (4.92) 14.38 (9.23) 12.84 (12.37) 7.521 0.001 0.000 0.297 0.015
C-peptide (nmol/L) 0.45 (0.20) 0.58 (0.23) 0.57 (0.38) 4.561 0.012 0.007 0.668 0.029
IR 1.83 (1.16) 3.35 (2.73) 2.90 (3.16) 4.900 0.009 0.049 0.715 0.044

Note: Values are means (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; FINS, fasting insulin resistance; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; IR, insulin resistance; WHR, waist–hip ratio.