TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants.

	Schizophrenia	HCs	p Value
Sample size	103	110
Illness duration (months)	116.6 ± 95.9	–
Age (years)	33.9 ± 9.6	33.7 ± 11.0	0.856 a
Gender (M/F)	54/49	45/65	0.092 b
Handedness (R/L/B)	103/0/0	110/0/0
PANSS total score	71.1 ± 22.3	–
PANSS positive score	16.8 ± 7.7	–
PANSS negative score	20.0 ± 8.9	–
PANSS general score	34.3 ± 10.5	–

Abbreviations: HCs, healthy controls; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.

^a Two‐sample t‐test.

^b Chi‐square test.