Correlates of Metabolic Abnormalities in Bipolar I Disorder at Initiation of Acute Phase Treatment

摘要

ObjectiveTreatment of bipolar patients is often complicated by metabolic abnormalities such as obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. We therefore evaluated the prevalence of these abnormalities and their correlates, in bipolar I patients, at the time of commencement of pharmacological treatment for acute mood episodes.