Table 1.

Characteristics and clinical diagnosis among surgery and non surgery participants

Diagnosis	Surgery	Non surgery	p
OCD	35 (97.2%)	69 (90.8%)
Elevated titers	24 (68.6%)	45 (65.2%)	0.37
Age of Onset (yrs)	5.9 ± 2.1	6.5 ± 2.7	0.32
Duration of symptoms (yrs)	2.5 ± 2.1	3.3 ± 2.5	0.09
CY-BOCS total	17.9 ± 9.9	18.7 ± 10.5	0.71
Tic Disorder	33 (91.7%)	64 (84.2%)
Elevated titers	24 (72.7%)	43 (67.2%)	0.47
Age of Onset (yrs)	5.9 ± 2.3	6.6 ± 2.6	0.22
Duration of symptoms (yrs)	2.6 ± 2.3	3.0 ± 2.2	0.40
YGTSS total	33.4 ± 23.5	33.6 ± 21.6	0.97

Titer levels were not available for two participants (one in the surgery group and one in the non-surgery group).