AU - Moosavi Nasab, M. AU - Haghshenas, H. AU - Ahmadi, A. TI - Blood Glucose and Body Mass Index of Patients on Clozapine and Conventional Antipsychotics PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 11 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-75-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-75-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 2 AB  -  AbstractIntroduction: To evaluate blood glucose and body weight in patients treated with clozapine and conventional antipsychotics.Method: Forty-three patients with schizophrenia (36 males and 7 females) on clozapine were com- pared with 41 patients (33 males and 8 females) treated with conventional antipsychotics, regard-ing their fasting blood glucose (FBS), 2 hours post-prandial glucose (2HPPG) and body mass index (BMI). Data were analyzed using t-test and the chi-sqaure.Results: Of the patients on clozapine, 2 had high FBS, 6 had high 2HPPG, and 5 were diagnosed with diabetes, which was significantly different from the group on conventional antipsychotics. More- over, comparing the BMIs, the patients on clozapine had higher weights than the conventional treatment group. Conclusion: Clozapine may play a role in high blood glucose of some of the patients. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 219 PT - Original Research YR - 2005