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Metabolic syndrome in antipsychotic-naïve patients with first-episode psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Nathalia Garrido-TorresIdalino Rocha-GonzalezLuis AlamedaAurora Rodriguez-GangosoAna VilchesManuel Canal-RiveroJacqueline Mayoral-van SonMiguel Ruiz-Veguilla
Published in: Psychological medicine (2021)
Our findings of increased rates of MetS in naïve FEP patients suggest that we are underestimating cardiovascular risk in this population, especially in those of non-Caucasian origin. Our findings support that altered metabolic parameters in FEPs are not exclusively due to antipsychotic treatments.
Keyphrases
  • metabolic syndrome
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • prognostic factors
  • insulin resistance
  • adipose tissue
  • african american
  • skeletal muscle