Table 1.
Comparisons of Paternal Schizophrenia and Nonschizophrenia Groups in Relation to Sociodemographic Characteristics and Gestational Comorbid Medical Disorders in Taiwan, 2001 (n = 220 465)
| Paternal Schizophrenia Patients |
Paternal NonSchizophrenia Patients |
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| Variable | Total No. | % | Total No. | % | P Value |
| Infant characteristics | |||||
| Birthweight (g) | .026 | ||||
| <2500 | 22 | 12.6 | 17 617 | 8.0 | |
| ≥2500 | 153 | 87.4 | 202 673 | 92.0 | |
| Gender | .762 | ||||
| Male | 93 | 53.1 | 114 546 | 52.0 | |
| Female | 82 | 46.9 | 105 744 | 48.0 | |
| Parity | .406 | ||||
| 1 | 74 | 42.3 | 104 283 | 47.3 | |
| 2 | 70 | 40.0 | 80 922 | 36.7 | |
| ≥3 | 31 | 17.7 | 35 085 | 15.9 | |
| Paternal characteristics | |||||
| Age (y) | <.001 | ||||
| <30 | 61 | 34.9 | 87 422 | 39.7 | |
| 30–34 | 47 | 26.9 | 80 910 | 36.7 | |
| >34 | 67 | 38.2 | 51 958 | 23.6 | |
| Education level | <.001 | ||||
| Elementary school or lower | 4 | 2.3 | 4235 | 1.9 | |
| Junior high school | 51 | 29.1 | 46 571 | 21.1 | |
| Senior high school | 113 | 64.6 | 135 276 | 61.4 | |
| College or above | 7 | 4.0 | 34 208 | 15.5 | |
| Maternal characteristics | |||||
| Marital status | .308 | ||||
| Married | 166 | 94.9 | 213 683 | 97.0 | |
| Others | 9 | 5.1 | 6607 | 3.0 | |
| Gestational hypertension | .952 | ||||
| Yes | 1 | 0.6 | 1186 | 0.5 | |
| No | 174 | 99.4 | 219 104 | 99.5 | |
| Gestational diabetes | — | ||||
| Yes | 0 | 0 | 326 | 0.2 | |
| No | 175 | 100 | 219 964 | 99.8 | |
| Family monthly income (in NT$) | .062 | ||||
| <15 000 | 70 | 40.0 | 67 561 | 30.7 | |
| 15 000–30 000 | 43 | 24.6 | 59 422 | 27.0 | |
| 30 001–50 000 | 41 | 23.4 | 60 568 | 27.5 | |
| >50 000 | 21 | 12.0 | 32 739 | 14.9 | |