Prevalence, risk factors and clinical characteristics of osteoporosis in Chinese inpatients with schizophrenia

We examined the prevalence of osteoporosis and its clinical correlates in Chinese patients with schizophrenia, which is not well-studied. A total of 199 inpatients (males/females=132/67; average age: 54.5 ±11.1years) and 107 healthy controls (males/females=22/85; average age: 41.7±11.9years) were recruited. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by ultrasonography of the calcaneus. The prevalence of osteoporosis and low BMD (osteoporosis and osteopenia) was 23.1% and 65.3% for the patient group, v ersus 7.5% and 39.3% for the control group (both p

Source: Schizophrenia Research - October 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jingyi Cui, Huaqing Liu, Jing Shao, Dong-Mei Xu, Yi Wang, Zheng Fei, Jiyu Wei, Wei Lu, Chun-Rong Wang, Rui He, Yangya Tan, Yi Fan, Yuping Ning, Ryan M. Cassidy, Jair C. Soares, Xingbing Huang, Xiang Yang Zhang Source Type: research