Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2016

A STUDY ON ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL AND SCHIZOPHRENIA

Dr. Abdulrahuman Mb, Dr. Ramanujam G, Dr Shifana F

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 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether drug–naive, first–episode patients with schizophrenia have a higher frequency of impaired fasting glucose tolerance or of type II diabetes mellitus than a healthy volunteer group matched for age. This study examined the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose levels in first–episode, drug–naive patients with schizophrenia. METHOD: Fasting plasma glucose level is measured in fourty patients with schizophrenia and age–matched healthy comparison subjects..RESULTS: Twenty Percent (20%) of the drug–naive, first–episode patients with Schizophrenia had impaired fasting glucose levels, compared to none of the healthy volunteers. Also the patients with Schizophrenia had significantly higher fasting plasma levels of glucose. (mean=93 mg/dl SD=12.1, for the healthy subjects versus mean=94mg/dl SD=6.9 for the patients).CONCLUSIONS: First–episode, drug–naive patients with schizophrenia have impaired fasting glucose levels than healthy comparison subjects.

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Dr.Abdulrahuman, Dr.Ramanujam G, Dr Shifana F A Study on Association Between Blood Glucose Level and Schizophrenia International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 2 February 2016

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