Lipid profiles in schizophrenia associated with clinical traits: a five year follow-up study

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Association (r_s) between lipid levels in serum and cell membranes and clinical characteristics in patients

	S-triglyceride		S-cholesterol		RBC PUFA		RBC LCPUFA
	T₁	T₂	T₁	T₂	T₁	T₂	T₁	T₂
PANSS total	0.06	0.26	0.01	0.15	0.08	0.14	0.09	0.31*
PANSS negative	0.18	0.26	0.19	0.11	0.21	0.32*	0.20	0.52***
PANSS positive	−0.04	0.28*	−0.03	0.22	−0.02	0.01	−0.07	0.11
GAF-S	0.13	−0.48***	0.26	−0.30*	−0.24	−0.22	−0.26	−0.32*
GAF-F	0.07	−0.32*	0.24	−0.23	−0.19	−0.21	−0.23	−0.29*

*P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001
Spearman’s correlation coefficient is reported
PANSS positive and negative syndrome scale
GAF global assessment of functioning, S symptoms, F functioning)
PANSS Positive positive component; items P1 + P3 + P5 + P6 + G9
PANSS Negative negative component; items N1 + N2 + N3 + N4 + N6 + G7 + G8 + G16
PUFA = omega-3 + omega- 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in red blood cells (RBC)
LCPUFA = omega-3 + omega-6 PUFA with 20 or more carbon atoms in red blood cells (RBC)

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