Issue 10/2025
Mateva Mateva-Ivanova, Т.
Ph Student of Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, The Faculty of public health,
Medical University – Varna
Patients with schizophrenia have poorer physical health and a reduced life expectancy compared to the general population. Schizophrenic patients have a more than 80% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease compared to the general population. Life expectancy is reduced by 14.5 years in schizophrenic patients, and this higher mortality is mainly due to cardiovascular causes and obesity-related cancers.
The relationship between schizophrenia and cardiometabolic risk factors is complex and determined by the interaction between environmental factors (lifestyle and difficulties in providing treatment, genetic predisposition) and disease-related factors, antipsychotic treatment is an important contributor to the risk of cardiometabolic dysfunctions, especially for some APs in predisposed patients.
Address for correspondence:
T. Mateva
Department of Hydiene and Epidemiology,
The Faculity of public health,
Medical University – Varnav
55, „Marin Drinov“, Str.
9002, Varna