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ArticlePloS one2014

QT is longer in drug-free patients with schizophrenia compared with age-matched healthy subjects.

Kumiko Fujii, Yuji Ozeki, Hiroaki Okayasu, Yumiko Takano, Takahiro Shinozaki, Hiroaki Hori, Masami Orui, Minoru Horie, Hiroshi Kunugi, Kazutaka Shimoda

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kumiko FujiiDepartment of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Yuji OzekiDepartment of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroaki OkayasuDepartment of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Yumiko TakanoDepartment of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Takahiro ShinozakiDepartment of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Hiroaki HoriDepartment of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
Masami OruiDepartment of Health Care, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Minoru HorieDepartment of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University School of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.
Hiroshi KunugiDepartment of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazutaka ShimodaDepartment of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Dokkyo Medical University · JPNational Center of Neurology and Psychiatry · JPShiga University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The potassium voltage-gated channel KCNH2 is a well-known gene in which mutations induce familial QT interval prolongation. KCNH2 is suggested to be a risk gene for schizophrenia. Additionally, the disturbance of autonomic control, which affects the QT interval, is known in schizophrenia. Therefore, we speculate that schizophrenic patients have characteristic features in terms of the QT interval in addition to the effect of antipsychotic medication. The QT interval of patients with schizophrenia not receiving antipsychotics (n = 85) was compared with that of patients with schizophrenia receiving relatively large doses of antipsychotics (n = 85) and healthy volunteers (n = 85). The QT interval was corrected using four methods (Bazett, Fridericia, Framingham or Hodges method). In ANCOVA with age and heart rate as covariates, patients not receiving antipsychotic treatment had longer QT intervals than did the healthy volunteers, but antipsychotics prolonged the QT interval regardless of the correction method used (P<0.01). Schizophrenic patients with and without medication had a significantly higher mean heart rate than did the healthy volunteers, with no obvious sex-related differences in the QT interval. The QT interval prolongation may be manifestation of a certain biological feature of schizophrenia.

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AdultAntipsychotic AgentsCase-Control StudiesElectrocardiographyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSchizophreniaAntipsychotic Agents

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PMID24887423
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