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. 2015 Dec 9;5(12):e008720. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008720

Table 3.

Comparison of demographic data and nutritional status between outpatients and inpatients according to BMI categories

Moderate-severe underweight
Mild underweight
Standard weight
Overweight
Obesity
6.0% (1176/19 678)
7.8% (1537/19 678)
56.0% (1537/19 678)
23.5% (1537/19 678)
6.7% (1537/19 678)
Outpatients Inpatients p Value Outpatients Inpatients p Value Outpatients Inpatients p Value Outpatients Inpatients p Value Outpatients Inpatients p Value
0.4%; n=74 5.6%; n=1102 0.8%; n=158 7.0%; n=1379 13.0%; n=2550 43.0%; n=8468 9.4%; n=1858 14.1%; n=2767 4.1%; n=801 2.6%; n=521
Age (years) 54.7±17.5 64.5±11.6 <0.001* 51.3±15.7 62.8±12.4 <0.001* 53.0±14.2 60.2±12.9 <0.001* 52.9±12.7 57.6±12.8 <0.001* 48.3±12.4 58.0±13.2 <0.001*
Male (%) 43.2 41.9 NS† 46.8 52.0 NS† 58.0 56.4 NS† 61.2 50.1 <0.001† 52.9 36.5 <0.001†
Smoking (%) 25.0 11.0 0.002† 32.4 18.5 <0.001† 35.5 25.0 <0.001† 37.9 27.6 <0.001† 36.3 29.7 <0.001†
Ratio of SGA therapy (%) 70.3 75.0 NS† 70.3 75.1 NS† 74.1 76.0 0.026† 72.7 75.1 NS† 72.9 78.5 0.023†
Status of antipsychotic therapy
 Not treated (%) 10.8 10.7 0.042† 11.4 8.6 0.028† 6.3 7.0 <0.001† 5.6 6.4 <0.001† 5.7 7.1 <0.001†
 Antipsychotic monopharmacy (%) 62.2 48.0 49.4 41.1 51.5 40.3 46.0 37.8 49.3 34.5
 Antipsychotic polypharmacy (%) 27.0 41.3 39.2 50.3 42.2 52.7 48.4 55.8 44.9 58.3
Nutritional status
 Prevalence of hypocholesterolaemia (%) 7.3 26.7 0.002† 11.1 27.7 <0.001† 11.1 23.9 <0.001† 7.6 15.6 <0.001† 6.3 13.8 <0.001†
 Prevalence of hypotriglyceridaemia (%) 12.2 20.3 NS† 15.0 18.1 NS† 8.5 11.0 0.001† 3.3 3.9 NS† 1.8 2.1 NS†
 Prevalence of hypoglycaemia (%) 4.8 7.6 NS† 4.0 8.4 NS† 1.8 4.9 <0.001† 1.0 4.0 <0.001† 0.4 6.1 <0.001†

Data are expressed as mean±SD.

Hypocholesterolaemia was defined as TC<150 mg/dL.

Hypotriglyceridaemia was defined as TG<50 mg/dL.

Hypoglycaemia was defined as FPG<70 mg/dL.

Moderate-severe underweight was defined as BMI<17.0 kg/m2.

Mild underweight was defined as BMI≥17.0 to <18.5 kg/m2.

Standard weight was defined as BMI≥18.5 to <25 kg/m2.

Overweight was defined as BMI≥25 to <30 kg/m2.

Obesity was defined as BMI≥30 kg/m2.

*Data are analysed using Student t test between outpatients and inpatients.

†Data are analysed using χ2 test between outpatients and inpatients.

BMI, body mass index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; NS, not significant; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.