TABLE 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Schizophrenia Patients and Healthy Comparison Subjects
| Characteristic | Group
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| Schizophrenia Patients (N=25) | Healthy Comparison Subjects (N=24) | |||
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age (years) | 19.6 | 3.80 | 21.6 | 4.24 |
| Parental education (years) | 15.0 | 2.37 | 15.1 | 2.88 |
| Participant education (years) | 12.4 | 2.71 | 14.6 | 4.02 |
| WAIS IQ scorea | 98.2 | 13.93 | 112.4 | 8.46 |
| Symptom severity (scale scores) | ||||
| BPRS | 46.5 | 8.95 | -- | -- |
| SANS | 30.1 | 13.31 | -- | -- |
| SAPS | 30.4 | 16.99 | -- | -- |
| Strauss Carpenter Outcome Scale | 9.9 | 2.84 | -- | -- |
| Global Assessment Scale | 53.7 | 10.15 | -- | -- |
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| N | % | N | % | |
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| Male | 17 | 68 | 13 | 54 |
| Right-handed | 24 | 96 | 23 | 96 |
| Antipsychotic medication | ||||
| Atypical | 16 | 64 | -- | -- |
| Typical | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| Unmedicated | 9 | 36 | -- | -- |
| History of substance abuse or dependence | 7 | 28 | 3 | 12.5 |
a
Significant between-group difference (p≤0.01).