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Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Jun 29;73(1):75–84. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.05.022

TABLE 1.

Sample Demographics and Clinical Features

Diagnostic Statistical


(a) SAMPLE 1 SAD CON PD SAD vs PD vs CON SAD vs


N = 16 N = 20 N=16
 Gender [N(%), Female] 13 (81) 9 (45) 13 x2 = 4.9* x2 = 3.8+ x2 = 0.11
 Age [mean years, std] 34.1 31.4 (7.8) 31.8 (10) t = 1.1 t = .41 t = .75
 Education [completed college, N(%)] 11 (69) 14 (70) 9 x2 = .007 x2 = .72 x2 = .53
 Age at onset [mean, std] 11.0 n/a 18.4 (3.4) t =
 Trait Anxiety [mean, std] 35.7 27 (6.1) 39.4 (7.9) t = 2.3* t= 4.9**** t = .99
 State Anxiety [mean, std] 39 (11.9) 26 (4.1) 35.5 (10) t = 4.0**** t = 3.5*** t = .88
 Lifetime Comorbid Diagnoses [N,%]
  MDD 5 (31) 0 3 x2 = .83
  GAD 2 (12) 0 2 x2 = .004
  SP 4 (25) 0 5 x2 = 0.08
  OCD 1 (6) 0 2 x2 = 0.1
  DUD 1 (6) 0 4 x2 = 1.9
  AUD 0 0 4 x2 = .3
 Lifetime Psych. Medication Use [N,%] 3 (20) 0 9 x2 = 3.7+


(b) SAMPLE 2 SAD CON PD SAD vs


N = 17 N = 17 n/a
 Gender [N(%), Female] 11 (64) 10 (59) x2 = 0.1
 Age [mean years, std] 29.1 31.3 t = .66
 Education [completed college, N(%)] 12 (71) 10 (60) x2 = .52
 State Anxiety [mean, std] 44.7 24.4 (7.1) t = 6.9****
 Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale [mean, 81.4 8.1 [5.4] t =
 Lifetime Comorbid Diagnoses [N,%]
  MDD 6 (35) 0
  GAD 3 (18) 0
  AUD 2 (12) 0
 Lifetime Psych. Medication Use [N,%] 6 (35) 2 (12)


(C ): COMBINED SAMPLE SAD CON PD Sample Group Sample x


N = 33 N = 37 n/a (1 vs 2) (SAD vs
 Gender [N(%), Female] 24 (73) 19 (51) x2 = 0.03 x2 = 3.4+ x2 = 1.8
 Age [mean years, std] 31.5 31.4 (9.1) t = 1.3 t = .01 F = 1.5
 Education [completed college, N(%)] 23 (70) 24 (65) x2 = 0.3 x2 = 0.18 x2 = 0.01
 State Anxiety [mean, std] 42.0 25.6 (5.7) t = 1.5 t = 64.9**** F = 2.8
+

p .1;

*

p ≤ .05;

**

p ≤ .01;

***

p ≤ .005;

****

p ≤.001

Abbreviations:

AUD: Alcohol Use Disorder (abuse or dependence); DUD: Drug Use Disorder (abuse or dependence); GAD: Generalized Anxiety Disorder; MDD = Major Depressive Disorder; OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; SP: Specific phobia.

Medication frequencies only include those prescribed for a psychiatric condition.