Table 2.
Characteristics of schizophrenia patients
| Male | Female | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients |
110 |
51 |
|
| Age (mean, SD) |
36 (10.3) |
40 (10.0) |
0.013 |
| Age of onset (median, range) |
20 (12–39) |
25 (13–48) |
0.057 |
| Psychiatric hospital admissions (median, range) |
6 (1–24) |
4 (0–20) |
0.091 |
| Suicide attempts (median, range) |
0 (0–6) |
0 (0–5) |
0.674 |
| Years of evolution of disease (median, range) |
13 (0–45) |
11 (0–49) |
0.578 |
| Marital status (N, percentage) |
|
|
|
| Single |
95 (87%) |
32 (62%) |
0.002 |
| Married or paired |
7 (6%) |
12 (23%) |
|
| Separated or divorced |
8 (7%) |
5 (11%) |
|
| Widowed |
0 (0%) |
2 (4%) |
|
| Drug abuse (N, percentage) | 81 (74%) | 33 (65%) | 0.246 |