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. 2022 Aug 26;35(4):e100782. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2022-100782

Table 2.

Standard assessments and detailed assessments of objective measures

Objective measures Standard assessments Detailed assessments
Neurocognitive function MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB)
Information processing speed Trail Making Test Part A
Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia: Symbol Coding (BACS-SC)
Category fluency
Verbal learning Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT)
Visual learning Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R)
Working memory Wechsler Memory Scale Spatial span
Anthropometric measurement Anthropometric measurement Height
Weight
Waist circumference
Body mass index
Upper arm circumference
Blood pressure
Plasma Metabolic and immune markers Blood pathology analysis
Full blood count
Urea, triglycerides, cholesterol, apolipoprotein
Thyroid function
Fasting blood glucose, insulin, β-hydroxybutyric acid
More extensive molecular biologic marker screening DNA, RNA, neuroimmune cytokines, protein, exosomes, etc
Faeces Intestinal flora Abundance of microbial compositions, Alpha-diversity
EEG Resting-state EEG Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta and Gamma bands
Brain structure and function Brain structure Cortical thickness, surface area, cortical and subcortical volume and mean curvature
Brain function Metrics of local brain activity: ALFF, ReHo, DC, VMHC, etc
Functional connectivity: static and dynamic FC
Global and Network Metrics: small world, global efficiency, rich-club, clustering coefficient, shortest path length, betweenness-centrality local efficiency, etc

ALFF, amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation; DC, degree centrality; EEG, electroencephalography; FC, functional connectivity; MATRICS, Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia; ReHo, regional homogeneity; VMHC, voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity.