Abstract:Objective To investigate the changes of inflammatory factors and their effects on body mass index (BMI) and glucose and lipid metabolism in schizophrenia patients with metabolic syndrome induced by olanzapine. Methods The 100 schizophrenia patients admitted to our hospital from January 2017 to January 2020 were enrolled and divided into observation group (n = 50) and control group (n = 50). During the study period, the original olanzapine treatment was maintained. The two groups of patients received lifestyle intervention, on the basis of health education, diet control, and proper exercise, while the observation group was additionally given metformin hydrochloride tablets orally. The course of treatment was 24 weeks in both groups. The changes of BMI, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), blood glucose, blood lipid and inflammatory factors were compared between the two groups before and after 24 weeks of treatment. Results The differences of BMI, HOMA-IR, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) before and after treatment in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The differences of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol (TC) and triglyceride (TG) in the observation group before and after treatment were higher than those in the control group as well (P < 0.05). In addition, the differences of C-reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) before and after treatment in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Metformin has a good effect in the treatment of metabolic syndrome induced by olanzapine in schizophrenia patients, playing roles in reducing BMI, improving dyslipidemia and ameliorating inflammatory reaction.