title: Mental disorders in obese patients with and without metabolic syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors sought to evaluate lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in patients affected by metabolic syndrome compared with patients affected by central obesity alone.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred eighty-six (63.5%) patients affected by central obesity and 107 (36.5%) affected by metabolic syndrome according to ICF criteria were interviewed by means of SCID I and SCID II.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Axis I and axis II lifetime prevalence were respectively 53.8% and 30.1% among patients with central obesity, 50.5% and 28% among patients with metabolic syndrome, differences which were not significant. No statistically significant differences were found between groups as far as each single axis I and II diagnostic category was considered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Metabolic syndrome is not associated with a higher risk of mental disorders compared to central obesity alone.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Public Health-Section of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Clinic, University of Cagliari, Italy. bcarpiniello@iol.it
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carpiniello
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pinna
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pili
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Velluzzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loviselli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic