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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and mean values and χ2 testsa of variables related to metabolic comorbidity for persons with psychotic disorders and their matched controls

From: Metabolome in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: a general population-based study

 

Schizophrenia

Other non-affective psychosis

Affective psychosis

Variable

Cases

Controls

P-value

Cases

Controls

P-value

Cases

Controls

P-value

Age (years)

53.7 (12.9)

53.7 (12.9)

NS

54.7 (14.3)

54.7 (14.3)

NS

54.7 (14.8)

54.7 (14.9)

NS

Sex

         

   Male

19

19

NS

20

20

NS

23

23

NS

   Female

26

26

 

37

37

 

14

14

 

Antipsychotic medication use

         

   Current

34 (75.6%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

24 (42.1%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

8 (21.6%)

0 (0%)

0.003

   Atypical antipsychotics

8 (17.0%)

0 (0%)

 

4 (7.0%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

   Lifetime

44 (97.8%)

NA

 

50 (87.7%)

NA

 

34 (91.9%)

NA

 

Type 2 diabetes

11 (24.4%)

3 (6.7%)

0.020

8 (14.0%)

4 (7.0%)

NS

0 (0%)

3 (8.1%)

NS

Metabolic syndrome

19 (42.2%)

13 (28.9%)

NS

25 (43.9%)

15 (26.3%)

0.048

10 (27.0%)

11 (29.7%)

NS

Metabolic comorbidityb

22 (48.9%)

15 (33.3%)

NS

33 (57.9%)

21 (36.8%)

0.024

14 (37.8%)

14 (37.8%)

NS

Daily smoking

20 (44.4%)

12 (26.7%)

NS

17 (29.8%)

15 (26.3%)

NS

10 (27.0%)

9 (24.3%)

NS

Daily use of vegetables

20 (45.5%)d

32 (71.1%)

0.014

23 (41.1%)d

35 (61.4%)

0.031

19 (51.4%)

20 (54.1%)

NS

Daily use of milk with high fat %

20 (46.5%)e

16 (36.4%)

NS

21 (37.5%)d

16 (28.6%)d

NS

15 (40.5%)

12 (32.4%)

NS

Daily use of vegetable oils

27 (62.8%)e

31 (68.9%)

NS

35 (61.4%)d

42 (75.0%)

NS

25 (67.6%)

22 (59.5%)

NS

Daily use of cheese with high fat content

8 (19.1%)f

33.3% (15)

NS

16 (28.6%)d

14 (25.0%)d

NS

9 (24.3%)

16 (43.2%)

NS

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.4 (5.8)

26.1 (3.3)

NS

28.8 (6.2)

26.6 (3.9)

NS

27.5 (3.7)

26.4 (4.1)

NS

Systolic blood pressure

128.4 (20.1)

134.3 (20.7)

NS

131.6 (17.8)

140.8 (25.4)

NS

128.1 (18.8)

135.4 (20.1)

NS

Diastolic blood pressure

79.8 (10.7)

80.5 (12.0)

NS

82.3 (10.5)

82.7 (10.0)

NS

79.9 (10.4)

81.5 (9.9)

NS

Plasma glucose (mg/dl)

109.9 (31.9)

97.2 (12.3)

0.016

106.5 (42.5)

101.6 (15.0)

NS

97.0 (12.0)

100.2 (14.6)

NS

Serum cotinine (μg/l)

216.2 (317.2)

96.8 (207.1)

0.030

151.4 (249.4)

121.2 (253.5)

NS

124.5 (234.2)

150.4 (284.6)

NS

Serum total cholesterol (mg/dl)c

226.0 (50.0)

229.7 (37.9)

NS

232.3 (41.6)

224.7 (39.6)

NS

230.0 (40.0)

237.1 (37.0)

NS

Serum HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

45.3 (13.5)

54.5 (14.5)

0.003

49.7 (14.3)

51.6 (14.6)

NS

45.0 (13.0)

50.5 (16.7)

NS

Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)

197.4 (130.2)

120.6 (55.2)

0.006

156.5 (112.6)

125.9 (81.2)

0.044

151.4 (97.2)

144.5 (85.0)

NS

Serum insulin (μIU/ml)

16.6 (19.6)

7.6 (5.4)

<0.001

11.9 (12.4)

8.4 (5.8)

NS

9.6 (6.1)

9.3 (7.2)

NS

HOMA-IR

4.81 (6.98)

1.84 (1.28)

<0.001

4.19 (10.99)

2.17 (1.74)

NS

2.33 (1.53)

2.42 (2.25)

NS

Fasting time (hours)

6.40 (4.17)

7.13 (3.89)

NS

9.29 (5.98)

7.87 (4.23)

NS

6.43 (3.98)

8.37 (5.06)

NS

Waist circumference (cm)

98.8 (15.1)

89.5 (11.7)

0.003

97.4 (16.4)

90.8 (12.4)

0.037

97.4 (12.2)

93.1 (12.6)

NS

C-reactive protein (mg/l)

2.5 (2.8)

1.7 (3.3)

0.004

3.7 (4.9)

2.2 (4.3)

0.017

1.9 (2.9)

1.0 (1.4)

NS

BDI score

13.5 (10.9)

5.7 (4.4)

<0.001

14.9 (12.3)

6.5 (6.1)

<0.001

11.1 ( 9.3)

6.0 (5.6)

0.029

  1. Standard deviations for continuous variables and percentages for categorical variables are reported in parentheses. aP-values from χ2 tests for categorical and Mann-Whitney U tests for continuous variables. bMetabolic comorbidity: type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, or obesity (BMI ≥30). cTo convert cholesterol to mmol/l, multiply values by 0.0259; to convert triglycerides to mmol/l, multiply value by 0.0113; to convert glucose to mmol/l, multiply values by 0.0555; and to convert insulin to pmol/l, multiply values by 6.945. dInformation missing from one participant. eInformation missing from two participants. fInformation missing from three participants. Abbreviations: BDI, Beck Depression Inventory [26]; BMI, body mass index; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment index; NA, not applicable (information on lifetime antipsychotic exposure was not available from controls); NS, not statistically significant.