TABLE 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Adolescents With Generalized Anxiety Disorder or Social Phobia and Age-Matched Healthy Comparison Subjects
| Participant Group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Generalized Anxiety Disorder (N=18) |
Social Phobia (N=14) |
Healthy Comparison (N=26) |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age (years) | 12.91 | 2.67 | 13.13 | 3.02 | 13.99 | 2.44 |
| Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence full-scale IQ | 112 | 11.18 | 111 | 16.05 | 111 | 10.80 |
| Socioeconomic status | 4.75 | 1.07 | 4.62 | 1.33 | 4.05 | 1.33 |
| Tanner puberty stage rating | 3.00 | 1.36 | 3.38 | 1.19 | 3.10 | 1.26 |
| Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders scorea | 28.06 | 12.74 | 31.21 | 10.08 | 10.84 | 6.94 |
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Female | 10 | 56 | 9 | 64 | 11 | 42 |
| Major depressive disorder | 3 | 17 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Generalized anxiety disorder | 18 | 100 | 3 | 21 | ||
| Social phobia | 0 | 0 | 14 | 100 | ||
| Separation anxiety | 5 | 28 | 3 | 21 | ||
| Specific phobia | 5 | 28 | 3 | 21 | ||
a
Scores ranged from 0 to 52; scores ≥24 indicate presence of an anxiety disorder. Significant difference among groups (F=23.92, df=2, 53, p<0.001); patient groups had similar scores and healthy comparison subjects had lower scores than patients.