Table 1.
Demographics of study participants.
| Group |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Controls (n = 50) | SCZ (n = 45) | Test for differences | |
| Age | 39.86 (9.85) | 38.54 (12.14) | t = .58 p = .56 |
| Education (years) | 13.40 (1.18) | 12.22 (1.30) | t = 4.64**p = <.001 |
| Gender | X2 = .01 p = .95 | ||
| Male | 33 (66.0%) | 30 (66.7%) | |
| Female | 17 (34.0%) | 15 (33.3%) | |
| Race | X2 = .13 p = .71 | ||
| White | 34 (68.0%) | 29 (64.4%) | |
| Black | 16 (32.0%) | 16 (35.6%) | |
| Marital Status | X2 = 24.66**p = <.001 | ||
| Married | 23 (46.0%) | 1 (2.2%) | |
| Single/Never Married | 20 (40.0%) | 31 (68.9%) | |
| Divorced | 7 (14.0%) | 12 (26.7%) | |
| Widowed | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.2%) | |
| Age of first hospitalization | - | 23.09 (9.16) | - - |
| Number of previous hospitalizations | - | 6.43 (7.13) | - - |
| Symptom severity ratings | |||
| PANSS Positive | - | 16.13 (4.80) | |
| PANSS Negative | - | 14.96 (4.38) | |
| PANSS General | - | 33.44 (7.42) | |
| PANSS Total | - | 64.53 (13.00) | |
| WASI Total# | 110.80 (15.00) | 100.33 (15.12) | t = 3.38**p < .01 |
| WASI Vocabulary | 56.26 (9.71) | 48.18 (11.21) | t = 3.77**p < .01 |
| WASI Matrix Reasoning | 55.50 (10.14) | 51.36 (10.17) | t = 1.99 p = .05 |
^P<.10
*P< 0.05
**
P < 0.01
#FSIQ totaled from Vocabulary and Matrix Reasoning subscales