Antipsychotics result in more weight gain in antipsychotic naive patients than in patients after antipsychotic switch and weight gain is irrespective of psychiatric diagnosis: A meta-analysis
Bak M, Drukker M, Cortenraad S, Vandenberk E, Guloksuz S. Antipsychotics result in more weight gain in antipsychotic naive patients than in patients after antipsychotic switch and weight gain is irrespective of psychiatric diagnosis: A meta-analysis. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0244944. PMID: 33596211, PMCID: PMC7888647, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntipsychotic-naive patientsBody weight changesBody weight gainWeight gainPsychiatric diagnosisNaive patientsWeight changeAntipsychotic useBodyweight gainAntipsychotic-naive groupMore weight gainDiagnosis of schizophreniaAntipsychotic switchMost antipsychoticsShort followSwitch studyMetabolic disturbancesClinical trialsOutcome measuresAntipsychoticsPatientsBody weightNaive groupSwitch groupDiagnosis