Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of schizophrenia cases (n = 482) and healthy controls (n = 230) enrolled in the study.
| Characteristics(mean±SD) | Cases(n = 482) | Males (n = 289; 60%) | Female (n = 193; 40%) | aP-value |
| Age (yrs) | 29.52±7.33 | 29.18±6.82 | 30.06±8.05 | 0.39 |
| Age at onset (yrs) | 24.98±7.11 | 24.73±6.41 | 25.36±8.06 | 0.96 |
| Duration of Illness (yrs) | 4.33±3.25 | 4.33±3.52 | 4.35±2.78 | 0.51 |
| Disease Severity (CGI-S scale) | 3.53±1.43 | 3.59±1.41 | 3.43±1.48 | 0.23 |
| Controls (n = 230) | Males (n = 142; 62%) | Females (n = 86; 38%) | a P-value | |
| Age (mean±SD) yrs | 29.48±8.51 | 30.64±7.31 | 27.61±9.01 | 0.01 |
Footnote: SD, Standard deviation.
a
P-values were calculated by using two-tailed Student’s t-test.