. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Schizophr Res. 2012 Feb 22;137(1-3):20–25. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.01.032

TABLE 1.

Description of demographic profile of the three groups

Baseline Sample	VCFS (n-91)	Siblings (n-29)	Controls (n-54)	p-value
Age (Years)	11.33(SD- 2.5)	12.27(SD- 2.11)	10.61(SD- 2.59)	0.01^*
Gender
Male	47 (51.6%)	12 (41.4%)	33 (61.1%)	0.22
Female	44 (48.3%)	17 (58.6%)	21 (38.9%)	0.22
Handedness
Right	80 (87.9%)	27(93.1%)	49 (90.7%)	0.69
Left	11 (12.1%)	2(6.9%)	5 (9.3%)	0.69
Follow-up Sample	VCFS (n-58)	Siblings (n-21)	Control (n-18)	p-value
Age (Years)	14.99 (SD- 2.05)	15.19 (SD- 2.15)	15.23 (SD- 2.01)	0.87
Gender
Male	30 (51.7%)	11 (52.4%)	11 (61.1%)	0.78
Female	28 (48.3%)	10 (47.6%)	7 (38.9%)	0.78
Handedness
Right	49 (84.5%)	19 (90.5%)	17 (94.4%)	0.49
Left	9 (15.5%)	2 (9.5%)	1 (5.6%)	0.49

p<0.05