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Published in final edited form as: Schizophr Res. 2010 Oct 13;124(1-3):13–21. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.09.014

Table 4.

The Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase in Female Patients and Test Session in Male Patients on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale Ratings (PANSS).

Outcomes	Female Patients (n = 23)			Male Patients (n = 27)

	Early Follicular	Midluteal	Change	Session A	Session B	Change
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
Total score	63.00 (9.31)	60.02 (8.06)	−2.98 (4.16)^**	65.67 (13.67)	64.93 (11.04)	−0.74 (10.10)
Positive scale	15.35 (4.34)	14.70 (4.06)	−0.65 (0.92)^**	14.89 (2.91)	15.26 (3.63)	0.37 (2.27)
Negative scale	14.91 (3.87)	14.57 (3.27)	−0.35 (1.70)	18.67 (6.37)	17.48 (4.38)	−1.19 (4.36)
General Psychopathology	32.74 (4.13)	30.76 (3.84)	−1.98 (2.85)^**	32.11 (6.90)	32.19 (5.52)	0.07 (5.47)
Prosocial Factor	15.30 (4.11)	14.65 (3.65)	−0.65 (2.54)	16.00 (4.54)	15.59 (3.75)	−0.41 (4.23)

Note.

^**

p<0.01.