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. 2017 Dec;211(6):339–349. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.117.200907

Table 1.

Studies meeting inclusion criteria examining lipid and adipocytokine parameters in first-episode schizophrenia and related disorders

Setting Patients
n
DSM diagnoses Patient age,
years: mean
(s.d.)
Control
group
n
Lipid
parameters
Antipsychotic
status
Patient BMI,
kg/m2: mean
(s.d)
Matching
Chen et al (2016)15 China 172 Schizophrenia 28.7 (9.9) 31 TC, LDL, HDL, TG All naïve 21.8 (3.8) BMI, age, ethnicity, gender,
smoking
Petrikis et al (2015)38 Greece 40 Schizophrenia, schizophreniform,
brief psychotic episode
32.5 (9.8) 40 TC, HDL, TG All naïve 22.9 (3.7) BMI, age, gender, smoking
Srihari et al (2013)51 USA 76 Schizophrenia, schizophreniform,
brief psychotic episode
22.4 (4.8) 156 TC, LDL, HDL, TG 14 days' antipsychotic
use
25.0 (4.0) Age, gender, ethnicity
Enez Darcin et al (2015)39 Turkey 40 Schizophrenia 34.6 (1.1) 70 HDL, TG All naïve 24.3 (7.4) BMI, age, smoking
Dasgupta et al (2010)40 India 30 Schizophrenia 32.5 (10.5) 25 TC, LDL, HDL, TG All naïve 21.0 (3.1) BMI, age, ethnicity, diet, gender

Arranz et al (2004)41 Spain 50 Schizophrenia 25.2 (0.6) 50 Leptin All naïve 22.2 (2.1) BMI, gender
Ryan et al (2003)18 UK/Ireland 26 Schizophrenia 33.6 (13.5) 26 TC, LDL, HDL, TG All naïve 24.5 (3.6) BMI, age, gender, smoking,
diet, exercise
Basoglu et al2010)42 Turkey 27 Schizophrenia 21.2 (0.8) 22 LDL, HDL, TG, leptin All naïve 22.0 (2.2) Age, gender, smoking, BMI
Kirkpatrick et al (2010)43 Spain 87 Schizophrenia, schizophreniform
disorder, brief psychotic disorder,
psychosis NOS
27.1 (5.3) 92 TC, LDL, HDL, TG <7 days' antipsychotic
use
22.3 (3.8) Age, gender, smoking, BMI
Spelman et al (2007)44 Ireland 38 Schizophrenia 25.2 (5.6) 38 TC, LDL, HDL, TG, leptin All naïve 22.8 (3.1) Age, gender, smoking ethnicity

Wang et al (2007)45 Taiwan 16 Schizophrenia 25.2 (4.9) 16 Leptin All naïve 22.3 (3.9) Age, gender, BMI
Saddichha et al (2008)19 India 99 Schizophrenia 26.0 (5.5) 51 HDL, TG All naïve NS Age, gender, diet, exercise
Sengupta et al (2008)46 Canada 38 Schizophrenia spectrum disorder 25.4 (5.6) 36 TC, LDL, HDL, TG <10 days' antipsychotic
use
22.8 (3.2) BMI, age, gender, ethnicity
Venkatasubramanian et al (2010)47 India 38 Schizophrenia 32.2 (7.6) 38 TC, TG, leptin All naïve 20.0 (3.1) BMI, age, gender,
socio-economic status
Chen et al (2016)16 China 60 Schizophrenia 28.2 (10) 28 TC, TG <14 days' antipsychotic
use
21.9(3.8) BMI, age, gender, smoking

Wu et al (2013)48 China 70 Schizophrenia 24.5 (7) 44 TC, LDL, HDL, TG All naïve 19.6 (2.5) BMI, age, gender, ethnicity
Verma et al (2009)17 Singapore 160 Schizophrenia spectrum disorder,
affective psychosis, psychosis NOS,
other psychotic disorders
30.0 (6.5) 200 TC, LDL, HDL <3 days' total
antipsychotic use
21.2 (3.7) Age, gender, ethnicity
Misiak et al (2016)20 Poland 24 Schizophrenia 26.8 (2.9) 146 TC, LDL, HDL, TG All naïve 23.0 (2.9) Age, gender, BMI
Sarandol et al (2015)50 Turkey 26 At 6 months a DSM diagnosis of
schizophrenia/bipolar affective
disorder was made
25.6 (7.0) 25 TC, LDL, HDL, TG All naïve 22.0 (3.3) Age, gender, BMI, smoking
Kavzoglu et al (2013)49 Turkey 50 Schizophrenia 30.1 (7.5) 50 TC, HDL, LDL, TG All naïve NS Age, gender, BMI, smoking

BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NOS, not otherwise specifed. TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.