Table 2.
Effect of the Variables Related to Patients Sampling
| OCD | PD | AGO | PTSD | SP | SPP | GAD | |
| Systematic vs Non-systematic | |||||||
| Systematic (%/m) | 8.4/3 | 9.1/4 | 22.2/2 | 14.4/3 | 38.6/2 | 30.4/2 | 26.6/2 |
| Not systematic (%/m) | 12.4/31 | 10.0/19 | 4.3/10 | 12.0/17 | 13.9/14 | 6.5/9 | 9.9/12 |
| Difference (χ2) | 3.54 | 0.23 | 30.63 | 0.97 | 23.86 | 38.47 | 14.16 |
| P value (2 tailed) | NS | NS | <.001 | NS | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
| SZ only vs SZ and other | |||||||
| SZ only (%/m) | 11.3/15 | 16.3/10 | 7.8/4 | 21.8/8 | 12.9/6 | 9.5/3 | 16.7/6 |
| SZ and other (%/m) | 12.9/19 | 7.3/13 | 3.8/8 | 7.8/12 | 16.6/10 | 7.0/8 | 7.9/8 |
| Difference (χ2) | 1.96 | 25.91 | 6.44 | 54.77 | 3.35 | 1.69 | 16.37 |
| P value (2 tailed) | NS | <.001 | .022 | <.001 | NS | NS | <.001 |
| OP vs IP | |||||||
| OP (%/m) | 16.9/11 | 11.9/12 | 5.6/7 | 14.1/13 | 22.8/9 | 5.8/6 | 7.1/8 |
| IP (%/m) | 10.7/14 | 6.3/5 | 5.6/4 | 15.2/4 | 8.7/5 | 10.5/3 | 11.3/3 |
| Difference (χ2) | 15.03 | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 38.67 | 5.26 | 2.91 |
| P value (2 tailed) | <.001 | .007 | NS | NS | <.001 | .044 | NS |
| Percentage of men in the sample | |||||||
| m | 29 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 11 |
| R | −.21 | −.22 | −.24 | −.65 | −.28 | −.59 | −.42 |
| P value | NS | NS | NS | 0.012 | NS | NS | NS |
| Mean age | |||||||
| m | 32 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 12 |
| R | .06 | .45 | .36 | .32 | .29 | −.69a | −.49 |
| P value | NS | .045 | NS | NS | NS | .038 | NS |
| FEP vs Not FEP | |||||||
| FEP (%/m) | 8.0/6 | 3.2/3 | 0.0/2 | 9.8/3 | 13.4/2 | NA/0 | 0.0/1 |
| Not FEP (%/m) | 13.0/28 | 11.8/20 | 6.0/10 | 12.9/7 | 15.2/14 | 07.9/11 | 11.6/13 |
| Difference (χ2) | 11.04 | 19.94 | 5.52 | 1.61 | 0.47 | NA | 7.80 |
| P value (2 tailed) | .002 | <.001 | .038 | NS | NS | NA | .010 |
Note: OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; PD, panic disorder; AGO, agrophobia; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; SP, social phobia; SPP, simple phobia; GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; m, number of studies; SZ, schizophrenia; OP, outpatients; IP, inpatients; FEP, first-episode psychosis; NS = P > .1; NA, not applicable.
This counterintuitive effect is driven by one study in adolescents with SZ. When that study is disregarded, the correlation becomes positive although nonsignificant (r = .17).