Schizophrenic patients taking any kind of antipsychotics for at least 1 year at the Seoul National Hospital will be participated in this study.
we are planning to enroll approximately 1000 patients with schizophrenia.
For each subject
* abdominal circumference
* body mass index
* lipid profile : TG, HDL-chlo, total chol
* systolic/diastolic blood pressure
* fasting blood glucose will be measured.
we will calculate the rates of patients who meet the criteria for the Metabolic syndrome.
1. Abdominal obesity : absolute criteria
2. 2 or more of followings
1. Triglyceride ≥ 150mg/dL or ongoing treatment
2. HDL-cholesterol \< 40mg/dL (men) HDL-cholesterol \< 50mg/dL (female) or ongoing treatment
3. Hypertension 130mmHg ≥ systolic 85mmHg ≥ diastolic or ongoing treatment
4. FBS ≥ 100mg/dL or previous diagnosis of type II DM
