Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with schizophrenia and controls.
| Patients with schizophrenia (n = 31) | Control participants (n = 35) | Statistics | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 31.80 (6.53) | 29.49 (5.59) | t(63) = −1.541 | 0.128 |
| Gender (males: females) | 27:3 | 32:3 | ||
| Education (years) | 12.20 (1.97) | 15.09 (2.02) | t(63) = 5.804 | 0.000 |
| Illness duration (years) | 11.02 (6.73) | |||
| Number of hospitalizations | 3.48 (3.34) | |||
| PANSS total score | 68.55 (12.41) | |||
| PANSS positive symptoms | 15.59 (3.92) | |||
| PANSS negative symptoms | 18.48 (4.56) | |||
| PANSS general psychopathology | 34.10 (6.59) | |||
| CGI | 4.63 (0.81) | |||
| Shipley vocabulary | 25.73 (7.47) | 30.50 (6.91) | t(40) = 1.906 | 0.064 |
| Shipley abstract | 10.73 (4.33) | 14.00 (3.30) | t(40) = 2.637 | 0.024 |