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Body fat volumes and distribution in chronic schizophrenia compared to healthy controls; a cross-sectional MR study

Authors :
E. Louise Thomas
Stefan P. Brugger
Oliver D. Howes
Emanuele F. Osimo
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2021.

Abstract

SummaryPeople with schizophrenia show higher risk for abdominal obesity than the general population, which could contribute to excess mortality. However, it is unclear whether this is driven by alterations in abdominal fat partitioning. Here, we test the hypothesis that individuals with schizophrenia show a higher proportion of visceral to total body fat measured using MRI. We recruited 38 patients with schizophrenia and 38 healthy controls matched on age, sex, ethnicity and body mass index. We found no significant difference in body fat distribution between groups, suggesting that increased abdominal obesity in schizophrenia is not associated with altered fat distribution.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........1ac5c1303d2c99b582668eda6fe334c6
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.20.21263820