A cross-sectional MR study of body fat volumes and distribution in chronic schizophrenia.

Emanuele F Osimo, Stefan P Brugger, E Louise Thomas, Oliver D Howes

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Article in Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Association Between Skeletal Muscle Mass Indices and Cognitive Function Among Inpatients With Stable Schizophrenia.Psychiatry investigation · 2025
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Emanuele F OsimoMRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK. eosimo@ic.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-6239-5691

Stefan P BruggerCardiff University Brain Research and Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, London, UK.

E Louise ThomasResearch Centre for Optimal Health, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4235-4694

Oliver D HowesMRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK. oliver.howes@lms.mrc.ac.uk.

Cardiff University · GBKing's College London · GBSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Westminster · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U120097115Medical Research Council MR/N027078/1

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People with schizophrenia show higher risk for abdominal obesity than the general population, which could contribute to excess mortality. However, it is unclear whether this is driven by alterations in abdominal fat partitioning. Here, we test the hypothesis that individuals with schizophrenia show a higher proportion of visceral to total body fat measured using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We recruited 38 participants with schizophrenia and 38 healthy controls matched on age, sex, ethnicity, and body mass index. We found no significant differences in body fat distribution between groups, suggesting that increased abdominal obesity in schizophrenia is not associated with altered fat distribution.

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PMID35304889

DOI10.1038/s41537-022-00233-z

PMCPMC8933542

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