Clinical Study
Are Cardiovascular Risk Factors Associated with Verbal Learning and Memory Impairment in Patients with Schizophrenia? A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sample characteristics (
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| Socio-demographic characteristics | |
| Age in years: Mean (± SD) | | Sex ratio (men) (%) | 73.8% | Education level (%): 12 y | 57.6% |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Disease duration in years: Mean (± SD) | | PANSS* total score: Mean (± SD) | | Positive factor | | Negative factor | | General psychopathology factor | |
| Second generation antipsychotics (%) | 86.7% |
| Metabolic syndrome criteria | |
| Hyperglycemia (%) | 16.7% | Low HDL cholesterol (%) | 35.7% | High triglycerides (%) | 22.6% | Hypertension (%) | 39.9% | Abdominal obesity (%) | 46.4% |
| Fagerstrom Test: Mean (± SD) | |
| Alcohol dependence or abuse (%) | 27.5% |
| Cognitive assessment: Mean (± SD) | |
| Span of apprehension | | List A, trial 1 | | Verbal learning | | Total recall Trials 1–5, List A | | Short-term memory | | Short delay free recall | | Short delay cued recall | | Long-term memory | | Long delay free recall | | Long delay cued recall | | Rate of forgetting | | Short-long-delay free recall | | Interference | | Proactive | − | Retroactive | − |
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