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. 2006 May 17;32(3):507–524. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbj078

Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics of HR-SCZ, HR-AFF, and CC Groups

Total Sample
HR-SCZ HR-AFF CC
(n = 73) (n = 18) (n = 84)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Test Statistic p
Age 18.1 (3.5) 17.7 (3.7) 16.9 (3.2) F = 2.03 .135
Subject Education 10.8 (2.4) 11.2 (3.6) 10.9 (2.9) F = .066 .937
Parental Education 13.2 (2.8) 13.8 (3.7) 14.2 (2.4) F = 2.65 .073
Female (%) 42 (57.5%) 14 (77.8%) 47 (56.0%) χ2 = 3.01 .222
Caucasian (%) 38 (52.1%) 11 (61.1%) 42 (50.0%) χ2 = .733 .693
Right-handed (%) 61 (83.6%) 16 (88.9%) 72 (85.7%) χ2 = 2.12 .715
Harvard Adolescent High Risk Study
HR-SCZ HR-AFF CC
(n = 35) (n = 6) (n = 35)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Test Statistic
p
Age 19.1 (3.8) 17.6 (3.6) 17.7 (4.0) F = 1.13 .328
Subject Education 10.9 (2.5) 9.8 (3.3) 11.3 (3.4) F = .627 .537
Parental Education 12.7 (2.7) 11.2 (4.3) 13.5 (2.7) F = 1.94 .151
Female (%) 20 (57.1%) 4 (66.7%) 20 (57.1%) χ2 = 1.09 .579
Caucasian (%) 20 (57.1%) 3 (50.0%) 20 (57.1%) χ2 = .044 .978
Right-handed (%) 31 (88.6%) 5 (83.3%) 30 (85.7%) χ2 = 2.60 .627
Hillside Family Study
HR-SCZ HR-AFF CC
(n = 38) (n = 12) (n = 49)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Test Statistic
p
Age 17.1 (2.9) 17.7 (3.9) 16.3 (2.3) F = 2.42 .174
Subject Education 10.7 (2.3) 11.8 (3.7) 10.5 (2.4) F = 1.29 .280
Parental Education 13.7 (2.8) 14.7 (3.1) 14.6 (2.2) F = 1.62 .204
Female (%) 22 (57.9%) 10 (83.3%) 27 (55.1%) χ2 = 2.03 .362
Caucasian (%) 18 (47.4%) 8 (75.0%) 22 (44.9%) χ2 = 1.14 .566
Right-handed (%) 30 (78.9%) 11 (91.7%) 42 (85.7%) χ2 = .822 .935

Note: HR-SCZ = genetic high-risk for schizophrenia; HR-AFF = genetic high-risk for affective psychosis; CC = community control. For the Total Sample analyses, there is a site effect for parental education (F = 11.78, p = .001). There were no other significant site or group by site interactions.