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Associations between brain morphology and outcome in schizophrenia in a general population sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

E. Jääskeläinen ,
P. Juola ,
J. Kurtti ,
M. Haapea ,
M. Kyllönen ,
J. Miettunen ,
P. Tanskanen ,
G.K. Murray ,
S. Huhtaniska  and
A. Barnes
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E. Jääskeläinen*
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O.BOX 26, 90029Oulu, Finland
P. Juola
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
J. Kurtti
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
M. Haapea
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. BOX 50, 90029OYS, Finland
M. Kyllönen
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
J. Miettunen
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O.BOX 26, 90029Oulu, Finland University of Oulu, Institute of Health Sciences, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
P. Tanskanen
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. BOX 50, 90029OYS, Finland
G.K. Murray
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry, Box 189, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
S. Huhtaniska
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
A. Barnes
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry, Box 189, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK Institute Of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 235, Euston Road, London NW1 2BU, UK
J. Veijola
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O.BOX 26, 90029Oulu, Finland
M. Isohanni
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O.BOX 26, 90029Oulu, Finland
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*Corresponding author. University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. BOX 5000, 90014 Oulu, Finland. Tel.: +358 40 7474376. E-mail address: erika.jaaskelainen@oulu.fi (E. Jääskeläinen).
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Abstract

Objective

To analyse associations between brain morphology and longitudinal and cross-sectional measures of outcomes in schizophrenia in a general population sample.

Methods

The sample was the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort. In 1999–2001, structural brain MRI and measures of clinical and functional outcomes were analysed for 54 individuals with schizophrenia around the age of 34. Sex, total grey matter, duration of illness and the use of antipsychotic medication were used as covariates.

Results

After controlling for multiple covariates, increased density of the left limbic area was associated with less hospitalisations and increased total white matter volume with being in remission. Higher density of left frontal grey matter was associated with not being on a disability pension and higher density of the left frontal lobe and left limbic area were related to better functioning. Higher density of the left limbic area was associated with better longitudinal course of illness.

Conclusions

This study, based on unselected general population data, long follow-up and an extensive database, confirms findings of previous studies, that morphological abnormalities in several brain structures are associated with outcome. The difference in brain morphology in patients with good and poor outcomes may reflect separable aetiologies and developmental trajectories in schizophrenia.

Keywords

SchizophreniaPsychosisPrognosisBrainMRIOutcome
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European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue 7 , September 2014 , pp. 456 - 462
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Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS

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