Table 3.
Social withdrawal/aggression/odd behavior |
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Afrikaner probands (N=109) |
US probands (N=109) |
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No (n=76) |
Yes (n=33) |
No (n=65) |
Yes (n=44) |
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Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | |
Demographics | ||||||||
Age at interview | 31.50 | 8.58 | 29.64 | 8.28 | 31.34 | 8.20 | 29.86 | 7.94 |
No. of years of education | 11.84 | 2.07 | 12.03 | 2.20 | 13.66 | 1.98 | 13.16 | 2.00 |
% | (N) | % | (N) | % | (N) | % | (N) | |
% Female | 26.32 | (20) | 33.33 | (11) | 30.77 | (20) | 25.00 | (11) |
Single (never married) | 77.63 | (59) | 84.85 | (28) | 80.00 | (52) | 93.18 | (41) |
Left-handed | 11.84 | (9) | 18.18 | (6) | 10.77 | (7) | 15.91 | (7) |
(n=76) | (n=33) | (n=69) | (n=37) | |||||
Family hx of schizophrenia | 30.26 | (23) | 33.33 | (11) | 33.33 | (21) | 37.21 | (16) |
Family hx of other psychia dx | 65.79 | (50) | 75.76 | (25) | 61.90 | (39) | 60.46 | (26) |
Syndrome features | (n=76) | (n=33) | (n=65) | (n=44) | ||||
Mean |
S.D. |
Mean |
S.D. |
Mean |
S.D. |
Mean |
S.D. |
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Schizophrenia onset age | 23.14 | 5.59 | 21.18 | 5.00 | 20.46 | 4.01 | 18.87 | 4.76 |
% | (N) | % | (N) | % | (N) | % | (N) | |
Attempted suicide | 26.32 | (20) | 30.30 | (10) | 55.38 | (36) | 43.18 | (19) |
Schizoaffective | 25.00 | (19) | 24.24 | (8) | 47.69 | (31) | 50.00 | (22) |
Symptom history | ||||||||
Delusions | 97.37 | (74) | 100 | (33) | 96.92 | (63) | 86.36 | (38)* |
Auditory hallucinations | 68.42 | (52) | 75.76 | (25) | 60.00 | (39) | 65.91 | (29) |
Visual hallucinations | 32.90 | (25) | 45.46 | (15) | 40.00 | (26) | 45.46 | (20) |
Sensory hallucinations | 22.37 | (17) | 24.24 | (8) | 35.38 | (23) | 31.82 | (14) |
Disordered behavior | 68.42 | (52) | 72.73 | (24) | 70.77 | (46) | 56.82 | (25) |
Thought disorder | 77.63 | (59) | 75.76 | (25) | 44.62 | (29) | 59.09 | (26) |
Alogia/flat affect | 67.10 | (51) | 78.79 | (26) | 73.85 | (48) | 75.00 | (33) |
Fisher’s exact test (2-tailed) P=0.05 or t-test P=0.05.
Fisher’s exact test (2-tailed) P=0.01 or t-test P=0.01.