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Correlation of some demographic parameters with clinical parameters of metabolic syndrome, bipolar affective disorders, and its therapeutics

Dinesh Singh Rathor, Mujahed M, Sudhir Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Jain, Anil Kumar Sisodia.




Abstract

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been found to be highly prevalent worldwide ranging from 11.2% to 47%. It is suggested that bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) and MetS share common risk factors including the treatment of the latter one, especially second-generation antipsychotics. The study tries to find out a significant correlation among various parameters, if any.

Objectives: (i) To determine physical parameters such as blood pressure (BP) and waist circumference in drug-naïve and drug-free patients vis-a-vis in control subject across various sociodemographic parameters; (2) to find out the prevalence of MetS in drug-naïve/drug-free patients of bipolar disorder and control subjects and to compare with that of control subjects.

Materials and Methods: The study was a comparative, cross-sectional, case-control, hospital-based study using purposive sampling method. Patients were taken up for the study from October 2013 to June 2015. The study included cases (79 = drug-naïve 36 + drug-free 43; aged 16-55 years) and control (50). For control, people with General Health Questionnaire 12 score

Key words: Clinical Parameters; Metabolic Syndrome; Bipolar Affective Disorders






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