Table 2.2.

Demographics for patients with first-episode schizophrenia and controls.

	First-episode schizophrenia (N = 76)	Control (N = 80)	P-value
Gender
Female	34 (44.7 %)	38 (47.5 %)	0.853
Male	42 (55.3 %)	42 (52.5 %)
Age (years)
Median [q25, q75]	24.0 [21.0, 28.0]	23.0 [20.0, 27.0]	0.341
Smoking
Smoker	45 (59.2 %)	33 (41.2 %)	0.00633
Former smoker	8 (10.5 %)	3 (3.8 %)
Non-smoker	23 (30.3 %)	43 (53.8 %)
Missing	0 (0 %)	1 (1.2 %)
Overweight	49 (64.5 %)	25 (31.2 %)	<0.001
DM	4 (5.3 %)	1 (1.2 %)	0.317
Hypercholesterolaemia
Yes	3 (3.9 %)	1 (1.2 %)	0.576
Antipsychotics
Yes	66 (86.8 %)	0 (0 %)	<0.001

Abbreviations: DM = diabetes mellitus.