Table 1.
OCD (N = 260) | HC (n = 252) | Statistics | |
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Sex (N (%)) | |||
Male | 117 (45.0%) | 105 (41.7%) | χ2(1) = 0.58, P = 0.45 |
Female | 143 (55.0%) | 147 (58.3%) | |
Age (years) | 29.6 (8.0) | 30.0 (8.2) | t(510) = 0.61, P = 0.54 |
Education (years) | 15.2 (2.8) | 16.0 (2.5) | t(510) = 3.52, P < 0.001 |
Estimated IQ | 104.7 (12.4) | 107.1 (12.3) | t(509) = 2.21, P = 0.03 |
YBOCS | 24.8 (4.9) | 0.12 (0.68) | t(510) = −78.7, P < 0.001 |
Duration of illnessa | 12.3 (8.6) | ||
Age of onset (years) | 17.3 (7.1) | – | |
OCD onset (N (%))a | |||
Child onset | 145 (55.8%) | – | |
Adult onset | 114 (43.8%) | – | |
Medication naïve (%) | |||
SSRI | 58.5% | 99.2% | |
SNRI | 95.4% | 100% | |
Benzodiazepines | 90.4% | 99.6% | |
Antipsychotics | 91.9% | 99.6% | |
Mood stabilizers | 97.3% | 100% | |
CBT naïve | 75.8 | 100% | |
DYBOCS | |||
Harm & Aggression | 5.3 (4.7) | 0.0 (0.4) | |
Sexual & Religious | 4.5 (4.9) | 0.0 (0.0) | |
Symmetry & Ordering | 5.7 (4.4) | 0.0 (0.2) | |
Contamination | 6.3 (5.0) | 0.0 (0.2) | |
Collecting & Hoarding | 1.3 (2.7) | 0.0 (0.0) |
Data are presented as mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated. a = duration of illness/age of onset missing for 1 individual with OCD. YBOCS Yale-Brown Obsessive-compulsive Scale, SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SNRI serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor, CBT Cognitive behavioral therapy.