BACKGROUND: Morphometry, the measurement of forms, is an ancient practice. In particular, @entity161 somatology was popular early in this century, but has been essentially absent from the literature for over 30 years. More recently, evidence has grown to support the notion that aberrant neurodevelopment may play a role in the pathophysiology of @entity161 . Is the body, like the brain, affected by abnormal development in these @entity1 ? METHODS: To evaluate global deficit in development and its relationship to pre-morbid function, height was compared in a large group (N = 226) of male schizophrenics and a group of healthy male controls (N = 142) equivalent in parental socio-economic status. @entity1 in the lower quartile of height were compared to those in the upper quartile of height. RESULTS: The @entity1 group had a mean height of 177.1 cm, which was significantly shorter than the mean height of the control group of 179.4 (P < 0.003). Those in the lower quartile had significantly poorer pre-morbid function as measured by: (1) psychosocial adjustment using the pre-morbid adjustment scales for childhood and adolescence/young adulthood, and (2) cognitive function using measures of school performance such as grades and need for special education. In addition, these measures of pre-morbid function correlated significantly with height when analysed using the entire sample. CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide further support to the idea that abnormal development may play a key role in the pathophysiology of @entity161 . Furthermore, this is manifested as a global deficit in growth and function resulting in smaller stature, poorer social skills, and @entity73 .

Morphometry in XXXX revisited: height and its relationship to pre-morbid function.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['deficits in cognitive abilities'] @entity161 :: ('MESH:D012559', 'Disease') :: ['schizophrenic', 'schizophrenia']
@entity161 :: (MESH:D012559,Disease) :: ['schizophrenia']
