Assessment of vitamin D levels and adipokines mediated obesity among psychiatric patients on treatment and treatment naïve: A comparative cross-sectional study.
Linda Ahenkorah FondjoOlivia OseiWilliam K B A OwireduChristian ObirikorangEbenezer SenuRuth Owusu-AntwiEugene F J BrefoPublished in: Health science reports (2022)
Obesity is more prevalent in psychiatric patients on antipsychotics such as Olanzapine and Clozapine. Obesity among treatment active psychiatric patients is associated with vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency, low adiponectin and leptin levels but higher resistin level.