Journal article
Predictors of type 2 diabetes in a nationally representative sample of adults with psychosis
DL Foley, A MacKinnon, VA Morgan, GF Watts, JJ McGrath, DJ Castle, A Waterreus, CA Galletly
World Psychiatry | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20130
Abstract
Antipsychotic drugs such as clozapine and olanzapine are associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, but relatively little is known about the relationship between risk factors for type 2 diabetes established in the general population and type 2 diabetes in people with psychosis. We estimated the prevalence of established risk factors and their association with type 2 diabetes in a nationally representative sample of people with an ICD-10 psychosis (N=1642) who gave a fasting blood sample (N=1155). Logistic regression was used to summarize associations adjusted for age and sex. In this sample, whose mean duration of psychosis was 14.7 years, 12.1% (13.1% of women and 11.5% of men) ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This publication is based on data collected in the framework of the 2010 Australian National Survey of High Impact Psychosis. The members of the study group are: V. Morgan (National Project Director), A. Jablensky (Chief Scientific Advisor), A. Waterreus (National Project Coordinator), R. Bush, V. Carr, D. Castle, M. Cohen, C. Galletly, C. Harvey, B. Hocking, A. Mackinnon, P. McGorry, J. McGrath, A. Neil, S. Saw, H. Stain. The study was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The authors acknowledge, with thanks, the hundreds of mental health professionals who participated in the preparation and conduct of the survey and the many Australians with psychotic disorders who gave their time and whose responses form the basis of this publication.