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Prevention of Premature Mortality Among Patients with Schizophrenia: The Need for Primary Prevention Efforts in Cardiovascular Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Charles H. Hennekens
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Patients with schizophrenia have a markedly reduced lifespan compared with the general population. In the United States today, patients with schizophrenia have an average life expectancy of ∼61 years, about 20% lower than that of the general population, in which life expectancy is ∼76 years.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 13 , supplement S10: Elevating the Standard of Care in the Management of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Patients with Mental Illness , June 2008 , pp. 9 - 10
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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