Weight gain, gender, and antipsychotics: a disproportionality analysis of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System database (FAERS)

Women had a statistically significant increase in weight gain reporting compared to men, while the men's group was associated with a reduced weight gain reporting in every antipsychotics in the logistic regression analyses. Out of the 24 antipsychotics included in our analysis, Aripiprazole, Brexpiprazole, Olanzapine, and Haloperidol had statistically significantly more weight increase reporting compared to the others.