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. 2013 Sep 2;8(9):e74258. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074258

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristic of the sample.

Patients (n = 60) Controls (n = 58) t/x2 P
Age 31.47 (8.16) 30.83 (6.59) –1.11 0.27
Years of education 12.37 (2.51) 13.91 (2.849) 0.47 0.64
Male, n (%) 33 (55.0%) 37 (63.8%) 0.95 0.33
Illness duration 8.22 (5.70)
Years of untreated psychosis 1.36 (2.11)
Chlorpromazine equivalents, mg/d 532.78 (368.72)
PANSS positive 12.90 (3.44)
PANSS negative 12.83 (4.45)
PANSS total 50.48 (8.92)
SASS 33.98 (7.62) 35.97(6.51) –1.52 0.13
WHOQOL
Physical health 24.03 (4.02) 26.40 (3.21) –3.53 .001
Psychological health 19.70 (4.25) 21.67 (3.400) –2.78 .006
Social relationship 9.17 (2.44) 11.60 (2.66) –5.20 .000
Environment 25.48 (5.21) 28.52 (9.04) –2.24 .027
Total score 77.55 (13.82) 86.77 (10.30) –4.08 .000

The values are the mean (SD).

Student’s t-test and Chi-square test were used to examine differences between groups.