Table 2.

Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Symptoms at Time 1 and Time 2 by Comorbid Diagnosis and Gender.

	Schizophrenia Only		Schizophrenia + Non-Panic Anxiety		Schizophrenia + Panic		Comorbid Diagnosis		Gender
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Comorbid Diagnosis		Gender

	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	F	P	F	P
	Time 1 (At Admission)
Positive Factor	11.6 (5.0)	13.0 (4.5)	11.4 (4.5)	14.2 (4.9)	12.1 (4.6)	11.9 (3.0)	0.25 0.783		2.40	0.124
Negative Factor	20.0 (6.6)	15.3 (5.6)	21.2 (9.0)	18.8 (7.2)	19.1 (7.6)	16.5 (4.5)	1.54 0.218		4.82	0.030^*
Activation Factor	9.8 (4.2)	9.6 (5.0)	10.3 (4.4)	11.2 (5.1)	9.9 (3.9)	10.9 (4.6)	0.80 0.453		0.57	0.451
Dysthymi a Factor	9.6 (4.7)^a	10.0 (2.9)^a	9.3 (3.4)^a	10.5 (4.2)^a	12.3 (2.5)^b	10.7 (4.1)^b	1.68 0.190		0.00	0.955
Autism Factor	13.0 (4.6)	13.0 (5.1)	13.4 (5.2)	13.8 (3.6)	12.1 (4.5)	11.3 (3.5)	1.43 0.244		0.01	0.929
	n = 45	n = 21	n = 16	n = 17	n = 15	n = 10
	Time 2 (At Fixed Dose Treatment)
Positive Factor	10.8 (5.1)	12.2 (4.8)	10.5 (5.0)	11.0 (5.4)	11.0 (4.8)	10.5 (4.1)	0.47 0.624		0.55	0.581
Negative Factor	18.6 (7.3)	16.3 (6.2)	20.0 (6.0)	20.0 (7.5)	19.2 (7.0)	18.8 (6.7)	2.36 0.097		0.46	0.630
Activation Factor	8.7 (4.1)	9.7 (4.4)	9.9 (3.2)	11.1 (5.7)	8.9 (2.9)	10.7 (5.2)	1.53 0.219		0.08	0.925
Dysthymia Factor	8.1 (3.5)^a	8.7 (3.5)^a	8.2 (3.4)^a	9.6 (4.2)^a	11.4 (5.2)^b	11.4 (4.2)^b	7.36 0.001^***		0.43	0.650
Autism Factor	11.8 (4.3)	12.6 (5.0)	12.0 (4.1)	13.1 (4.5)	11.9 (4.9)	11.3 (5.6)	0.46 0.632		0.34	0.714
	n = 93	n = 37	n = 24	n = 22	n = 21	n = 12

Note. Schizophrenia diagnosis of participant (i.e., schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder) was entered as a covariate but was insignificant in all analyses. There were no significant interactions between the Comorbid Diagnosis and Gender factors.

P < 0.05.

^**

P < 0.01.

^***

P < 0.001.

^a and ^b superscripts are used to denote statistically different diagnostic groups (P < 0.05), where applicable, as confirmed by LSD post-hoc analysis.