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Table 1 Study population characteristics

From: Screening for cardiovascular risk factors in adults with serious mental illness: a review of the evidence

Study

Age range

Mean age

Sex

Race

Proportion of sample with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Antipsychotic use

Kilbourne, 2011 [22]

18-65

55

9% female

24% black,

100% Schizophrenia

100%

76% other

Morrato, 2008 [25]

All ages

Not reported

50% female

58% white,

100% Schizophrenia1

100%

42% other

Moeller, 2011 [26]

18-64

44

49% female

83% white,

100% Schizophrenia

100%

17% other

Morrato, 2009 [27]

20-88

Not reported

50% female

Not reported

3.4% Schizophrenia, 49.3% Mood disorders, including bipolar disorder

100%

Kaplowitz, 2006 [30]

20+

67

4% female

Not reported

51.0% Mood disorders, including bipolar disorder

Not reported

Weissman, 2006 [31]

18-65

50

6% female

Not reported

100% Schizophrenia

100%

Barnett, 2010 [32]

21-63

45

59% female

43% white,

Not reported

100%

14% black,

43% other

Kilbourne, 2008 [34]

18+

67

3% female

8% black,

100% Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or other psychosis2

Not reported

92% other

Folsom, 2002 [35]

45+

51

47% female

70% white,

100% Schizophrenia3

Not reported

15% black,

15% other

Dickerson 2003 [38]

18-65

44

53% female

56% white,

50% Schizophrenia, 25% Bipolar disorder

Not reported

35.5% black,

8.5% other

  1. 1The full study population also included individuals with other or no mental health diagnoses, but all screening measures abstracted for this review were assessed in the study population with schizophrenia only.
  2. 2The full study population also included individuals with depression and individuals with no psychiatric diagnoses, but all screening measures abstracted for this review were assessed in the study population with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or other psychoses only.
  3. 3The full study population also included individuals with depression, but all screening measures abstracted for this review were assessed in the study population with schizophrenia only.