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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2019

Association between Serum Lipids and Antipsychotic Response in Schizophrenia.

David D Kim, Alasdair M Barr, Diane H Fredrikson, William G Honer, Ric M Procyshyn

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David D KimDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Alasdair M BarrDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Diane H FredriksonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
William G HonerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Ric M ProcyshynDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic abnormalities are serious health problems in individuals with schizophrenia. Paradoxically, studies have noted an association where individuals who gained body weight or who have increased their serum lipids demonstrated a better antipsychotic response. As serum lipids serve as more specific physiological markers than body weight, the objective of this study was to review studies that examined the association between changes in serum lipids and changes in symptoms during antipsychotic treatment in individuals with schizophrenia. A Medline® literature search was performed. Fourteen studies were included and analyzed. Evidence suggests that increases in serum lipids may be associated with decreases in symptoms during antipsychotic treatment. This inverse association may be independent of confounding variables, such as weight gain, and may be most evident during treatment with clozapine. Also, according to recent randomized controlled trials, lipid-lowering agents do not appear to worsen symptoms although this needs to be further investigated in clozapine-treated patients. Future studies should investigate the association in question in a larger population and identify underlying mechanisms.

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Antipsychotic AgentsFemaleHumansLipidsMaleSchizophreniaAntipsychotic AgentsLipidsantipsychoticscholesterolclozapinedyslipidemiaschizophreniaSerum lipidstreatment responsetriglycerides.

Identifiers

PMID30819084
PMCPMC7052836
OpenAlexW2916941238

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