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. 2012 Oct 5;39(5):1129–1138. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbs118

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Medicated and Antipsychotic-Naive Study Samples

Medicated Sample Antipsychotic-Naive Sample
Number of study samples (unique studies) 347 (283) 35 (33)
Number of patients/ controls 8327/8292 771/939
Age patients/controls (y) 32.4 (8.6)/32.1 (8.7) 28.0 (4.7)/27.4 (3.9)
Duration of illness (y) 10.0 (6.8) 3.1 (2.5)
Sex patients/controls (% male) 72.0/67.0* 64.8/60.6
Current dose of antipsychotic medication1 413.7 (240.5) 0 (0)
Number of investigated brain regions 5.4 (6.1) 4.5 (3.1)
Magnetic field strength 1.5T (% of study samples) 87.8% 88.9%
Slice thickness in mm (range) 0.82–5.5 1.0–5.0
Segmentation on contiguous slices (% of study samples)2 96.4 95.5

Note: Data represent mean values (SD), unless indicated otherwise.

1Data represent chlorpromazine equivalents; data given for 164 study samples for the medicated sample.

2Data given for 225 and 23 study samples, respectively.

*P < .0001.