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Article: Body mass index and waist circumference among patients with schizophrenia.(Letter to the editor)
- Article from:
- Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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To the Editor--I read with interest the recent cross-sectional study by Ainsah et al (1) of the anthropometric measurements among patients with schizophrenia. I am concerned that their findings may be affected by its methodological limitations.
Information about the sampling method and response rates was missing; this would affect optimal estimation of the prevalence rate of obesity and overweight among patients with schizophrenia. The young age (44% being younger than 30 years) and high level of education (40% having studied to the tertiary level) may reflect a biased sample. This may underestimate the prevalence of obesity and overweight among patients with ...