Table 1 Characteristics of the included patients ^a

Male/Female, N

1/5

4/3

0.266^c

Age, year

37.5 ± 9.6

38.9 ± 11.4

1.000

Age at first contact with psychiatric services, year

23.5 ± 7.7

25.2 ± 6.3

0.836

Months of hospitalization

107.5 ± 58.6

70.0 ± 62.9

0.366

Height, cm

162 ± 10

175 ± 10

0.051

Body weight pre-intervention, kg

81.2 ± 32.2

85.3 ± 29.7

1.000

Body weight post-intervention, kg

82.5 ± 30.8

87.1 ± 29.9

0.945

Body mass index pre-intervention, kg·m^-2

30.7 ± 11.2

27.6 ± 8.5

0.628

ICD-10 diagnosis, N

Paranoid schizophrenia

2

4

0.592^c

Disorganized schizophrenia

1

Undifferentiated schizophrenia

2

2

Unspecified schizophrenia

1

Schizoaffective disorder

1

Use of neuroleptics, N

Clozapine

4

6

0.559^c

Clozapine combined with neuroleptics

3

4

Clozapine combined with risperidone

1

Risperidone

1

Zuclopenthixol

1

Haloperidol

1