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      Association Between Vitamin D Status and Schizophrenia: A First Psychotic Episode Study.

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          Vitamin D deficiency has been linked with schizophrenia. We aimed to determine whether patients with a first episode of psychosis (FEP) had lower vitamin D levels compared with controls considering their final diagnosis. We conducted a cross-sectional study determining 25-hydroxyvitamin D blood levels. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels were considered optimum at 20 ng/mL or greater. A group of 45 adult patients with FEP and a group of 22 healthy controls matched for age were recruited. The patient group was subdivided in two final diagnosis groups (schizophrenia versus other psychoses) after a 6-month follow-up. Average vitamin D values were deficient for FEP patients, especially those 22 with a final diagnosis of schizophrenia. These results relating vitamin D and schizophrenia generate interest to further examine this association.

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          Journal
          J. Nerv. Ment. Dis.
          The Journal of nervous and mental disease
          Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
          1539-736X
          0022-3018
          May 2017
          : 205
          : 5
          Affiliations
          [1 ] *Psychiatry Department, Hospital San Rafael, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, FIDMAG Germanes Hosptalàries Research Foundation, CIBERSAM; and †Rheumatology Department, Hospital San Rafael, Barcelona, Spain.
          Article
          00005053-201705000-00011
          10.1097/NMD.0000000000000670
          28406840
          4f54cac2-cc96-4f73-909e-7387b876bc64
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