TY - JOUR T1 - Blood Glucose and Body Mass Index of Patients on Clozapine and Conventional Antipsychotics TT - قند خون و شاخص توده‌ی بدن بیماران تحت درمان با کلوزاپین و ضدروانپریشی‌های متعارف JF - ijpcp JO - ijpcp VL - 11 IS - 2 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-75-en.html Y1 - 2005 SP - 219 EP - 223 KW - Key words: clozapine KW - body mass index (BMI) KW - diabetes mellitus KW - schizophrenia N2 -  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. M3 ER -