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. 2009 Dec 3;37(4):811–821. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbp148

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.

a

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).