Table 2 Homocysteine level and cardo-metabolic profiles of schizophrenia patients with high or low BMI.

From: Homocysteine level, body mass index and clinical correlates in Chinese Han patients with schizophrenia

 

Subjects with high BMI

Subjects without low BMI

F

df

p value

 

N = 51, mean (SD)

N = 69, mean (SD)

Cardo-metabolic

     

Glucose, mmol/L

5.23 (1.17)

4.70 (1.21)

5.812

1,118

0.017*

HbA1c, %

5.45 (0.52)

5.55 (0.86)

0.278

1118

0.599

TG, mmol/L

1.65 (1.09)

1.64 (0.80)

0.002

1,118

0.960

TC, mmol/L

4.76 (1.09)

4.36 (0.86)

4.921

1,118

0.028*

HDL, mmol/L

1.42 (0.20)

1.23 (0.52)

4.647

1,118

0.033*

LDL, mmol/L

2.91 (0.93)

2.65 (0.73)

2.981

1,118

0.087

Homocysteine, mmol/L

14.04 (8.17)

22.19 (14.43)

26.011

1,117

 < 0.001**

  1. TG Triglyceride, TC Total cholesterol, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, HbA1c Hemoglobin A1c. Triglyceride and homocysteine: data were compared after logarithmic transformation, and descriptive data were original data.
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