Hans J Søgaard, Mikkel Højlund, Anja Elliott, Anne G Viuff, Kirsten Vandborg, Jakob Viuff, Povl Munk-Jørgensen, Peter Hjorth
BACKGROUND: Lifestyle interventions aimed at reducing cardiovascular risk factors in patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES) have shown modest efficacy, probably owing to a short observation period and the presumption of linear trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors. STUDY QUESTION: How prevalent are abnormal cardiovascular values in patients with FES and how do cardiovascular risk factors develop during a 30-month program? STUDY DESIGN: A 30-month naturalistic longitudinal study of 136 consecutively referred patients with FES from 2 outpatient clinics...
January 18, 2019: American Journal of Therapeutics