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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Schizophr Res. 2007 Apr 12;93(0):169–177. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.02.018

Table 2.

Means, standard deviations and MANCOVA results for the Deficit Syndrome “proxy” (PDS) measures and PANSS factors.

Non-Deficit Deficit DS Gender F
Male (N=75) Females (N=37) Males (N=38) Females (N=6) F(df) / p F(df) / p
Proxy measures Multivariate Wilk’s Lambda → F(6/147) = 9.99, .001 F(6/147) = 0.87, .52
PDS 1* −4.6 +/− 3.4 −6.8 +/− 3.6 −2.4 +/− 2.9 −.83 +/− 1.3 F(1/152) = 26.8, .001 F(1/152) = 0.21, .65
PDS 2* 0.51 +/− 1.5 −.65 +/− 1.8 2.4 +/− 1.6 3.2 +/− 1.7 F(1/152) = 54.8, .001 F(1/152) = 0.22, .64
Blunted Affect 2.3 +/− 1.2 2.2 +/− 1.5 4.2 +/− 1.4 4.5 +/− 1.0 F(1/152) = 43.7, .001 F(1/152) = 0.15, .70
Emotional With. 2.4 +/− 1.4 2.2 +/− 1.5 3.8 +/− 1.2 2.8 +/− 1.5 F(1/152) = 9.59, .002 F(1/152) = 2.73, .10
Depression* 1.8 +/− 1.1 2.9 +/− 1.6 1.8 +/− 1.2 1.3 +/− .82 F(1/152) = 6.58, .011 F(1/152) = 0.14, .71
Psychosis 9.2 +/− 4.0 10.8 +/− 4.5 10.0 +/− 4.7 9.2 +/− 4.5 F(1/152) = 0.20, .654 F(1/152) = 0.37, .54
Factor 2 6.0 +/− 2.6 6.1 +/− 3.2 10.4 +/− 3.2 9.5 +/− 2.2 F(1/152) = 31.3, .001 F(1/152) = 0.97, .33
PANSS Factors Multivariate Wilk’s Lambda → F(5/147) = 6.59, .001 F(5/147) = 1.38, .23
Positive 11.2 +/− 5.4 12.5 +/− 5.2 10.7 +/− 5.3 9.2 +/− 4.6 F(1/151) = 2.25, .14 F(1/147) = 0.00, .948
Negative 17.3 +/− 6.3 19.0 +/− 8.7 26.8 +/− 7.1 23.3 +/− 5.4 F(1/151) = 16.4, .001 F(1/147) = 0.29, .593
Dysthymia* 8.3 +/− 3.8 10.6 +/− 4.2 8.2 +/− 3.4 6.2 +/− 1.2 F(1/151) = 6.43, .012 F(1/147) = 0.03, .867
Activation 9.0 +/− 4.4 11.8 +/− 6.0 10.2 +/− 3.8 10.8 +/− 6.6 F(1/151) = 0.01, .929 F(1/147) = 2.31, .131
Autism* 11.5 +/− 3.8 13.4 +/− 4.8 14.7 +/− 6.0 11.8 +/− 4.8 F(1/151) = 0.48, .488 F(1/147) = 0.18, .67
*

significant interaction of DS and Gender described in the results section.