Article
Obesity and metabolic comorbidity in bipolar disorder: Do patients on lithium comprise a subgroup? A naturalistic study.
2021-04-26
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<h4>Background: </h4> Bipolar disorders (BD) are associated with increased prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS). Nevertheless, there is a wide range in prevalence estimates, with little known about the contributions of pharmacotherapy. It has been suggested that lithium might have a more favorable metabolic profile. We hypothesized that lithium use is associated with less increased body mass index (...
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- 5d02d3e5-1f52-5be2-ab71-ebdebaa9afcb
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-95636/v2
