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METABOLIC SYNDROME AND CORTISOL/DHEAS RATIO IN PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA

Bjanka Vuksan-Ćusa orcid.org/0000-0001-6375-6102 ; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Psychiatry, Zagreb, Croatia
Marina Šagud orcid.org/0000-0001-9620-2181 ; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Psychiatry, Zagreb, Croatia
Alma Mihaljević-Peleš ; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Psychiatry, Zagreb, Croatia
Nenad Jakšić ; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Psychiatry, Zagreb, Croatia
Miro Jakovljević ; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Psychiatry, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The cortisol/DHEAS ratio has been found to predict different health outcomes. We examined the association between
cortisol/DHEAS ratio and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The only
subcomponent of MetS positively associated with the cortisol/DHEAS ratio was diastolic blood pressure. Possible reasons for this
finding, as well as study limitations, are discussed.

Keywords

metabolic syndrome – MetS - cortisol/DHEAS ratio - bipolar disorder - schizophrenia

Hrčak ID:

162073

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162073

Publication date:

17.6.2014.

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