Diabetes and cognitive deficits in chronic schizophrenia: a case-control study

Authors

Mei Han, University of WollongongFollow
Xu-Feng Huang, University of WollongongFollow
Da Chun Chen, Peking University
Meihong Xiu, Peking University
Thomas R. Kosten, Peking University
Xiang Yang Zhang, Peking University

RIS ID

79934

Publication Details

Han, M., Huang, X., Chen, D. Chun., Xiu, M., Kosten, T. R. & Zhang, X. Yang. 2013, 'Diabetes and cognitive deficits in chronic schizophrenia: a case-control study', PLoS One, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. e66299-1-e66299-7.

Abstract

Cognitive impairment occurs in both schizophrenia and diabetes. There is currently limited understanding whether schizophrenia with diabetes has more serious cognitive deficits than schizophrenia without diabetes or diabetes only. This study assessed cognitive performance in 190 healthy controls, 106 diabetes only, 127 schizophrenia without diabetes and 55 schizophrenia with diabetes. This study was conducted from January 2008 to December 2010. Compared to healthy controls, all patient groups had significantly decreased total and five index RBANS scores (all p<0.01-p

Grant Number

NHMRC/635245

Additional Grant Number

http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/635245