Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics.

	Schizophrenia N = 2495	No Schizophrenia N = 503,394
Variables	% Mean (SD)	% Mean (SD)	p
Age (years)	49.7 (15.7)	50.0 (18.0)	0.342 †
Male	59.8%	49.2%	<0.001 ‡
Low income	12.9%	3.8%	<0.001 ‡
Charlson Index	1.3 (1.8)	1.3 (1.7)	0.677 *
Comorbidity Index	1.2 (1.5)	1.2 (1.7)	0.512 *
(Obesity) BMI ≥ 30	41.5%	25.9%	<0.001 ‡
BMI	29.4 (6.3)	27.2 (5.2)	<0.001 †
CV antecedents	8.9%	9.5%	0.243 ‡
Diabetes	7.8%	5.4%	<0.001 ‡
Hypertension	12.5%	15.1%	0.001 ‡
Dyslipidemia	27.1%	25.9%	0.221 ‡
Smoking	19.8%	9.1%	<0.001 ‡

^† Student’s T; ^‡ Chi-square; * Kruskal–Wallis; SD = standard deviation; BMI = Body Mass Index; CV = cardiovascular.