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SUBMITTER: Owusu-Ansah A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6046121 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Owusu-Ansah Angela A Berko Panyin Anto A Obirikorang Christian C Agyare Christian C Acheampong Emmanuel E Kwofie Simon S Odame Anto Enoch E Nsenbah Batu Emmanuella E
Schizophrenia research and treatment 20180628
The study determined the prevalence of MetS in patients with schizophrenia at the Psychiatric Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, Ghana. This comparative cross-sectional study recruited 348 schizophrenic patients comprising 236 antipsychotic-treated and 112 newly diagnosed treatment-<i>naïve</i> patients. The MetS prevalence was assessed based on World Health Organization (WHO), International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and the National Cholesterol Education Programme, Adul ...[more]