Table 5.
Comparison of brain neurotransmitters in schizophrenia patients with different disease characteristics (mean ± SD)
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Disease characteristics
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n
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The distance between the midline of the brain and the inferior fornix (mm)
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The vertical distance between the corpus callosum and the inferior part of the fornix (mm)
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The horizontal distance between the corpus callosum and the inferior part of the fornix (mm)
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The distance between the middle fornix (mm)
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The area of the ventricles (mm2)
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| Positive symptom | 57 | 5.20 ± 0.92 | 7.31 ± 1.33 | 6.71 ± 1.04 | 2.38 ± 0.41 | 116.80 ± 13.20 |
| Negative symptom | 40 | 5.08 ± 0.85 | 7.19 ± 1.18 | 6.54 ± 0.98 | 2.45 ± 0.38 | 113.50 ± 11.60 |
| t | 0.652 | 0.458 | 0.811 | -0.853 | 1.273 | |
| P | 0.516 | 0.648 | 0.419 | 0.396 | 0.206 |