The METEOR study of diabetes and other metabolic disorders in patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotic drugs. I. Methodology
✍ Scribed by Marc De Hert; Mauro Mauri; Ken Shaw; Tilman Wetterling; Adam Doble; Agnès Giudicelli; Bruno Falissard
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 527 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1049-8931
- DOI
- 10.1002/mpr.322
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Patients with schizophrenia present a two‐ to three‐fold higher prevalence of diabetes, of metabolic syndrome and of cardiovascular morbidity. The reason for this increased prevalence may involve intrinsic vulnerability, lifestyle factors and iatrogenic effects of antipsychotic drugs. The objective of this multinational, cross‐sectional, pharmacoepidemiological study was to determine the prevalence of diabetes, lipid disorders, obesity, hypertension and the metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotic drugs. Particular attention was taken to acquire data on a wide a range as possible of demographic, clinical and lifestyle variables that may influence the risk of metabolic disorders, which were taken into account in the calculation of prevalence data by propensity scoring. The study included 2270 subjects from 16 European countries, predominantly from Central and Eastern Europe. The proportion of subjects presenting the pathologies of interest was relatively high, ranging from 28% for glycaemic disorders to 70% for lipid disorders. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.