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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics correlated with body mass index, waist circumference, relative risk of cardiovascular disease, HRQoL summary subscales and diastolic blood pressure

From: Cardiometabolic health, prescribed antipsychotics and health-related quality of life in people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study

 

BMI

Waist circumference

CVD relative risk

PCS

MCS

Diastolic blood pressure

Age in years

(n = 80–82)

a-.220, .049*

a-.112, .315

-.386, < .001***

-.183, .099

.123, .269

.116, .299

Number of previous psychiatric admissions

(n = 77–78)

.276, .015*

.386, .001***

.165, .149

-.182, .111

-.136, .236

.209, .067

Number of antipsychotic types

(n = 81–82)

.330, .003**

.171, .124

.270, .014*

-.123, .270

-.138, .217

.180, .106

Dosage of antipsychotics (DDD)

(n = 81–82)

.257, .021*

.214, .054

.361, .001**

-.149, .182

-.092, .413

.244, .027*

PCS

(n = 81–82)

-.239, .032*

-.118, .291

-.005, .967

-

.299, .006**

-.047, .678

MCS

(n = 81–82)

.093, .409

.118, .289

.030, .789

.299, .006**

-

.077, .492

  1. BMI body mass index, CVD cardiovascular disease, DDD daily defined dose, MCS mental component score, PCS physical component score
  2. Variables in the table are Spearman’s rho (r s ) or aPearson’s r (r), followed by p-value
  3. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001