Table 1.
Sociodemographic and illness characteristics of the study samples
| Socio-demographic and illness characteristics | Subjects (N=70)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Schizophrenia
[n=40 (57.14%)] |
Controls
[n=30 (42.86%)] |
|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 23 (57.5%) | 20 (66.7%) |
| Female | 17 (42.5%) | 10 (33.3%) |
|
| ||
| Age (years) | 30.03 ± 6.02 (19-45) | 30.77 ± 7.62 (19-50) |
|
| ||
| Education | ||
| Illiterate/ Primary education | 19 (47.5%) | 14 (46.6%) |
| Secondary/Pre-university | 17 (42.5%) | 13 (43.4%) |
| Graduate/Post-graduate | 4 (10%) | 3 (10%) |
|
| ||
| Domicile | ||
| Urban | 7 (17.5%) | 30 (100%) |
| Rural | 33 (84.6%) | 0 (0%) |
|
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| Diagnosis | ||
| Paranoid schizophrenia | 26 (65%) | NA |
| Undifferentiated schizophrenia | 10 (25%) | |
| Schizophreniform disorder | 4 (10%) | |
|
| ||
| Age of onset of illness (years) | 28.53 ± 6.13 (17-43) | NA |
|
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| Duration of illness (months) | 19.83 ± 14.24 (3-60) | NA |