Table 1.
Schizophrenia Patients (N=12) | Controls (N=11) | Statisticsa | p | |
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Demographic variables
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Age (years) | 45.4 (11.3) | 44.0 (7.9) | .35 | .732 |
Education (years) | 14.0 (2.3) | 16.3 (1.8) | −2.70 | .014 |
Parental education (years) | 13.9 (2.8) | 13.3 (2.1) | .54 | .595 |
IQ estimate | 99.7 (14.6) | 110.2 (10.0) | −1.88 | .076 |
% Male | 83 % | 73% | .38 | .538 |
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Clinical variables
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Overall symptomatologyb | 43.8 (10.7) | - | - | - |
Psychosis symptom scorec | 1.6 (1.6) | - | - | - |
Negative symptom scored | 1.5 (1.1) | - | - | - |
Disorganization symptom scorese | 1.5 (1.5) | - | - | - |
Illness duration (years) | 22 (10.15) | |||
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Treatment variables
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Medication (CPZ equivalent) | 788.9 (587.3) | - |
Note: Values are mean and standard deviation unless otherwise noted.
t(21) for continuous variables and χ2(1) for discrete variables.
Overall symptomatology score was computed as a total BPRS score (range: 0~168)
Psychosis symptom score was computed as the average global score for hallucinations and delusions in SAPS (range: 0~5).
Negative symptom score was computed as the average global score for alogia, affective flattening, avolition-apathy, and anhedonia-asociality in SANS (range: 0~5).
Disorganization symptom score was the global score for positive formal thought disorder in SAPS (range: 0~5).