Table 1. Demographic description of the participants.

Variable		SADSample	Healthy controls, main sample(HC-M)	Healthy controls, replication sample(HC-R)	Test statisticSAD vs. HC-M	Test statisticSAD vs. HC-R
		n = 67	n = 72	n = 22
Gender	Women (%)	43 (64.2)	58 (80.6)	13 (58.1)	χ2 = 4.89;df = 1p<.03*	χ2 = 0.18df = 1p<.80
	Men (%)	24 (35.8)	14 (19.4)	9 (40.9)
Age	Mean age (SD)	33.5 (9.1)	25.8 (6.3)	32.6 (10.7)	t = 5.74;df = 1,137p<.001*	t = 0.41df = 1, 87p<.71
	Min-max	19–55	19–49	22–54
Social anxiety disorder	Generalized subtype (%)	46.0 (68.6)	Notapplicable	Notapplicable
	Mean duration, years	19.4
	Mean age of onset	14.8
Occupational status	Student (%)	11 (16.4)	72 (100.0)	22 (100)
	Employed (%)	44 (65.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	Unemployed (%)	5 (7.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	Sick leave (%)	7 (10.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

Abbreviations: SAD, social anxiety disorder; HC-M, Healthy controls-main sample; HC-R, Healthy controls, replication sample;

^* = significant at alpha-level .05.