. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2008 Jul 16;46(10):1119–1125. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.07.001

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Variables by Group

Variable	SAD Mean ± SD	HC Mean ± SD	t, χ², p-value
Age (years)	33.9 ± 9.5	33.6 ± 11.2	t = 0.59
Gender	20 male, 22 female	10 male, 17 female	χ² = 0.75
Education (years)	16.2 ± 1.8	16.3 ± 2.0	t = 0.11
Ethnicity
Anglo-American	26 (38%)	16 (23%)	χ² = 8.96
Asian-American	10 (14%)	4 (6%)
Latin-American	5 (7%)	0
Native-American	0	1 ( 1%)
LSAS	65.6 ± 19.4	24.7 ± 19.5	2.40^*
BDI-II	12.8 ± 10.9	4.7 ± 3.5	7.45^***
BFNE	45.1 ± 9.2	36.2 ± 11.8	2.54^*

Note: p<.05

^**

p<.01

^***

p<.001

SAD=social anxiety disorder, HC=healthy controls, LSAS=Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, BDI-II=Beck Depression Inventory-II, BFNE=Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation