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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2010 May 6;41(2):251–261. doi: 10.1017/S0033291710000802

Table 1.

Group differences in demographics, symptoms and social function (n=78)

Patients (n=56)
Healthy controls (n=22)
n (%) Mean (S.D.) n (%) Mean (S.D.)
Demographics
Age, years 19.6 (3.6) 21.0 (3.5)
Sex
 Male 43 (77) 13 (59)
 Female 13 (23) 9 (41)
Race
 Caucasian 30 (54) 13 (59)
 Non-Caucasian 26 (46) 9 (41)
Occupation
 Paid employment 7 (12) 6 (27)
 Student 34 (61) 13 (59)
 Unemployed 15 (27) 3 (14)
Paternal education
 High school or less 10 (18) 4 (20)
 BA or some college 20 (36) 13 (65)
 Graduate studies 13 (23) 3 (15)
Symptoms
Depression (HAMD)** 10.8 (5.7) 1.1 (1.5)
Prodromal (SOPS)b
 Total positive** 13.8 (4.7) 0.6 (0.8)
 Total negative** 12.7 (5.7) 1.2 (1.8)
 Total disorganized** 6.8 (3.3) 0.6 (1.0)
 Total general** 9.1 (4.6) 0.7 (1.0)
Social function and its subscales (SAS-SR)b
 Overall** 2.5 (0.6) 1.6 (0.3)
 Work 3.5 (1.7) 3.2 (1.9)
 Study 2.2 (0.8) 1.8 (1.8)
 Social/leisure** 2.8 (0.9) 1.7 (0.4)
 Extended family* 2.1 (0.8) 1.7 (0.6)

S.D., Standard deviation; BA, Bachelor of Arts ; HAMD, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression ; SOPS, Scale of Prodromal Symptoms; SAS-SR, Social Adjustment Scale-Self Report.

a

Paternal education was not obtained for all participants.

b

Possible ranges of scores are SOPS positive (0–30), SOPS negative (0–36), SOPS disorganized (0–24), SOPS general (0–24), SAS-SR overall and subscales (each 0–5).

*

p≤0.05,

**

p≤0.001.