Research Article

QT and QTc in Male Patients with Psychotic Disorders Treated with Atypical Neuroleptics

Table 1

Characteristics of the sample .

Overall sample 
Clozapine 
Olanzapine 
Risperidone 
Aripiprazole 
Quetiapine 
Paliperidone 

Age (mean ± SD)43.0 ± 15.039.5 ± 12.842.3 ± 14.137.3 ± 12.638.3 ± 11.647.3 ± 16.341.3 ± 16.9
Age at onset24.0 ± 14.122.7 ± 13.025.7 ± 14.722.1 ± 9.418.6 ± 4.024.4 ± 16.231.2 ± 17.3
Illness duration (ys)18.7 ± 13.316.7 ± 10.316.5 ± 11.714.9 ± 10.619.7 ± 11.322.4 ± 16.213.5 ± 9.4
Body mass index26.5 ± 4.226.3 ± 4.8 (18–37)25.6 ± 3.3 (22–33)25.0 ± 2.1 (21–29)29.5 ± 5.2 (23–40)26.2 ± 4.2 (19–41)26.7 ± 2.0 (25–28)
Potassium4.0 ± 0.43.9 ± 0.3 (3.2–4.5)3.9 ± 0.3 (3.0–4.5)4.1 ± 0.4 (3.6–5.1)4.0 ± 0.4 (3.3–5.3)3.9 ± 0.4 (3.3–5.2)4.1 ± 0.5 (3.3–5.0)
Sodium140.9 ± 2.4140.5 ± 3.5 (133–145)140.6 ± 2.9 (135–145)140.6 ± 2.2 (137–145)141.1 ± 1.1 (139–143)140.7 ± 2.4 (131–145)142.5 ± 1.5 (140–145)
Calcium9.3 ± 0.39.4 ± 0.3 (9.0–10.0)9.1 ± 0.4 (8.1–9.8)9.4 ± 0.2 (9.1–9.7)9.5 ± 0.3 (8.9–10.1)9.3 ± 0.3 (8.1–10.2)9.3 ± 0.2 (8.8–9.3)
Glycemia84.3 ± 16.386.2 ± 18.5 (55–121)83.1 ± 15.3 (60–119)77.5 ± 7.1 (63–87)86.8 ± 17.1 (67–134)86.9 ± 19.9 (64–165)78.6 ± 9.1 (64–93)
Total cholesterol172.1 ± 40.1150.5 ± 30.8 (102–223)178.2 ± 52.4 (123–290)169.9 ± 28.9 (119–242)206.8 ± 52.3 (124–295)162.5 ± 33.2 (88–229)182.8 ± 29.6 (150–242)
Triglycerides146.0 ± 79.0155.7 ± 57.4 (93–259)141.0 ± 65.5 (47–225)106.1 ± 22.3 (67–138)171.7 ± 97.8 (37–339)150.1 ± 94.5 (56–492)135.7 ± 57.1 (63–248)
HDL41.9 ± 13.733.2 ± 11.6 (18–53)43.4 ± 15.1 (27–81)40.9 ± 7.7 (30–55)45.6 ± 18.4 (29–93)42.8 ± 13.6 (22–84)42.1 ± 12.5 (18–59)
LDL107.3 ± 36.695.4 ± 29.7 (49–151)106.2 ± 51.1 (50–215)108.3 ± 24.1 (63–164)132.1 ± 49.3 (56–235)97.0 ± 30.9 (38–155)119.7 ± 24.7 (91–153)
CK313.1 ± 1160.9329.6 ± 651.9 (22–2375)227.5 ± 298.5 (44–942)201.1 ± 194.4 (60–673)85.8 ± 57.2 (32–202)448.9 ± 1813.4 (24–9692)237.6 ± 160.5 (35–467)
TSH1.4 ± 1.01.4 ± 1.3 (0.2–4.1)1.2 ± 0.9 (0.2–3.2)1.5 ± 0.7 (0.4–2.4)1.2 ± 0.6 (0.2–2.4)1.4 ± 1.1 (0.1–4.9)1.2 ± 0.8 (0.4–3.0)