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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2011 May 19;188(2):179–186. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.04.020

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Case Subjects from the Prenatal Determinants of Schizophrenia (PDS) Study with Schizophrenia or Other Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders who were Included and not Included in the Present Study

Characteristic Case Subjects in Present Study (N=25 1) PDS Case Subjects not in Present Study (N=46 2) P value

N % N %
Maternal age3,4 0.61

 <=29 years 14 56 28 62.2
 >29 years 11 44 17 37.8

Maternal race4 0.47

 White 14 56.0 20 44.4
 African-American 9 36.0 23 51.1
 Other 2 8.0 2 4.4

Maternal education5 0.66

 <= High school graduate or trade school 16 69.6 25 64.1
 College graduate or some college 7 30.4 14 35.9

Maternal parity 0.99

 0 or 1 prior live births 12 48.0 22 47.8
 2 or more prior live births 13 52.0 24 52.2

Infant Sex 0.81

 Male 17 68.0 30 65.2
 Female 8 32.0 16 34.8

Diagnostic Breakdown 0.32

 Schizophrenia 13 52.0 30 65.2
 Schizoaffective Disorder 6 24.0 11 23.9
 Other Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder 6 24.0 5 10.9

Prevalence of G/R Infection6 11 44.0 12 31.6 0.32
1

26 PDS case subjects participated in DIBS, of which 25 case subjects had maternal G/R infection status

2

45 PDS case subjects who did not participate in DIBS and one DIBS case subject without maternal G/R infection status

3

Median maternal age was 29 years

4

Missing values: N=1 PDS case subject not in present study

5

Missing values: N=2 case subjects in present study, N=7 PDS case subjects not in present study

6

8 PDS case subjects not in present study without maternal G/R infection status