Risk Factors for Early Circulatory Mortality in Patients with Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia typically has a debilitating and chronic disease course and is associated with 2 –4 times higher mortality and 10–25 years of shortened life expectancy in early adults than in the general population worldwide (Crump et al., 2013; Laursen et al., 2012; McGrath et al., 2008; Saha et al., 2007; Wildgust and Beary, 2010). Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the largest single ca use of death among both natural and unnatural deaths, accounting for up to 50% cases of early mortality in schizophrenia (Hennekens et al., 2005; Laursen et al., 2014; Lemogne et al., 2013; Sweeting et al., 2013), with a 10-fold higher risk than that of suicide (Kisely et al., 2013).

Source: Psychiatry Research - May 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kuo-Hsuan Chung, Pao-Huan Chen, Chian-Jue Kuo, Shang-Ying Tsai, Shou-Hung Huang, Wen-Cheng Wu Source Type: research