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Body mass index and functioning in long-term schizophrenia

Results of the DSP project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Raimo K.R. Salokangas ,
Teija Honkonen ,
Eija Stengård  and
Jarmo Hietala
Raimo K.R. Salokangas*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Psychiatric Clinic, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku Psychiatric Clinic, Kiinamyllynkatu 4e8, FI-20520Turku, Finland
Teija Honkonen
Affiliation:
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41aA, FI-00250Helsinki, Finland
Eija Stengård
Affiliation:
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Health and Social Services, P.O. Box 220, FI-00531Helsinki, Finland
Jarmo Hietala
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, FI-20700Turku, Finland
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +358 2 3131 740; fax: +358 2 3132 730. E-mail address: raimo.k.r.salokangas@tyks.fi (R.K.R. Salokangas).
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Abstract

Objective

The study evaluates the association of body mass index (BMI) with functioning in male and female patients with long-term schizophrenia.

Method

722 long-term schizophrenia patients were interviewed three years after discharge from hospital. Their weight and height were recorded and data on their background, illness history, psychosocial functioning (Global Assessment Scale; GAS), health behaviour, daily doses of neuroleptics, and psychiatric symptoms were collected.

Results

BMI correlated significantly with GAS scores in male (r = 0.202, p = 0.000) but not in female patients. In male patients, BMI associated significantly (p = 0.005) with GAS scores even when the effects of psychiatric symptoms and other confounding variables were taken into account.

Conclusions

In male but not in female long-term patients with schizophrenia, low BMI associates with poor functioning. It is suggested that among male schizophrenia patients, low BMI may be an indicator of poor functioning.

Keywords

Body mass indexFunctioningGenderLong-term schizophrenia
Type
Original article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , July 2007 , pp. 313 - 318
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2007

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Declaration of interest: None.

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