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. 2023 Oct 16;50(4):792–803. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbad149

Table 1.

MEGA sample demographics

T1 DTI Multimodal
C SZ Psychosis C SZ Psychosis C SZ Psychosis
N 315 309 618 229 224 441 209 192 385
Sex, M, n (%) 158 (50%) 216 (69%) 353 (57%) 122 (53%) 161 (72%) 263 (60%) 114 (55%) 136 (70%) 227 (59%)
Age, yrs. (SD) 36.8 (12.6) 36.2 (13.0) 37.1 (12.8) 38 (13.0) 37.2 (12.8) 37.8 (12.6) 37.3 (12.8) 36.9 (12.7) 37.5 (12.5)
Race, n (%)
Caucasian 159 (50%) 145 (47%) 281 (45%) 101 (44%) 103 (46%) 185 (42%) 89 (43%) 87 (45%) 125 (32%)
African American 145 (46%) 147 (48%) 307 (50%) 124 (54%) 108 (48%) 236 (54%) 116 (56%) 94 (49%) 209 (54%)
Other 11 (3%) 17 (6%) 30 (5%) 4 (2%) 13 (6%) 20 (5%) 4 (2%) 11 (6%) 18 (5%)
IQ 102.9 (14.8) 94.6 (15.7) 95.4 (15.3) 101.8 (15.6) 94.4 (15.5) 94.1 (15.3) 102.7 (15.4) 94.4 (15.5) 94.3 (15.4)
Diagnostic breakdown
 SZ NA 309 (100%) 309 (50%) NA 224 (100%) 224 (51%) NA 192 (100%) 192 (50%)
 SAD NA NA 164 (27%) NA NA 136 (31%) NA NA 118 (31%)
 BPD NA NA 135 (22%) NA NA 72 (16%) NA NA 67 (17%)
 OTH NA NA 10 (2%) NA NA 9 (2%) NA NA 8 (2%)
a Symptoms, Mean (SD) NA N: 15.8 (5.6)
P: 15.8 (5.5)
N: 14.4 (5.2)
P: 15.4 (5.5)
NA N: 15.0 (5.6)
P:15.2 (5.6)
N: 14.5 (5.4)
P:15.1 (5.6)
NA N: 15.1 (5.7)
P:15.2 (5.5)
N: 14.3 (5.5)
P:15.0 (5.5)
CPZ Equivalents, Mean (SD) NA 493.4 (506.2) 386.3 (443.4) NA 553.2 (632.6) 415.8 (523.2) NA 515.7 (547.6) 381.8 (455.3)

aSymptoms were assessed via the PANSS for BSNIP and COBRE; this was not available for the PSY-DIS study. As such, symptom means for the Mega sample are averaged over BSNIP and COBRE studies only. SZ, schizophrenia; SAD, schizoaffective disorder; BPD, bipolar disorder with psychosis; OTH, other psychotic disorder; N, negative PANSS subscale; P, positive PANSS subscale.