A higher body mass index in Chinese inpatients with chronic schizophrenia is associated with elevated plasma orexin-A levels and fewer negative symptoms.

Conclusion: A higher plasma orexin-A level may be a factor influencing the BMI of inpatients with CS, and fewer negative symptoms seem to be correlated with higher BMI, but the causality among BMI, orexin-A and clinical symptoms of schizophrenia requires further clinical research. PMID: 32363986 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Nord J Psychiatry Source Type: research