Table 6.
Assignment of the patients with Different Diagnoses to High and Low Stress Groups separately for the Early Life -, Prepubertal -, and Adulthood Stress Load
|
Stress Group |
ELS Number of patients |
PPS Number of patients |
AS Number of patients |
|
| Major Depressive Dis. | high | 14 | 19 | 18 |
| low | 11 | 10 | 11 | |
| Schizophrenia | high | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| low | 18 | 18 | 15 | |
| Drug Abuse | high | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| low | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Personality Disorder | high | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| low | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Group differences: chi2 (3) | 11.14, p < .001 | 15.20, p < .01 | 6.64, p < .01 |
Note. Number of patients assigned to the 'high' and 'low stress' group separately for ELS, PPS, and AS. High stress load: stress-scores exceeding 2 SD above the mean of the comparison group. Low stress load: stress-scores below the mean of the comparison group. ELS: Early life stress; PPS. Prepubertal stress, AS: Adulthood stress (see note in Tables 2 and 4).