Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Antipsychotic-Naive Schizophrenia Patients, Medicated Schizophrenia Patients, and Healthy Comparison Subjects
| Antipsychotic-Naive Schizophrenia Patients (n = 33) | Medicated Schizophrenia Patients (n = 21) | Healthy Comparison Group (n = 45) | F/t/χ 2 | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Age (years) | 33.60 | 9.74 | 29.19 | 6.60 | 30.68 | 9.57 | 1.72 | .184 | |
| Education (years) | 11.75 | 2.25 | 13.09 | 2.80 | 13.13 | 3.50 | 2.28 | .107 | |
| Illness duration (months) | 41.12 | 44.20 | 50.42 | 42.65 | — | −0.764 | .448 | ||
| PANSS total score | 88.06 | 21.72 | 84.04 | 23.36 | — | 0.643 | .523 | ||
| PANSS-positive symptoms | 24.39 | 5.47 | 23.42 | 5.77 | — | 0.619 | .539 | ||
| PANSS-negative symptoms | 23.48 | 9.54 | 21.76 | 8.99 | — | 0.661 | .511 | ||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| Female | 15 | 45.5 | 12 | 57.1 | 22 | 50 | 0.701 | .704 | |
| Inpatient status | 6 | 18.2 | 11 | 52.4 | — | 6.958 | .008 | ||
| Paranoid | 19 | 57.6 | 17 | 81 | 3.156 | .076 | |||
| Type of schizophrenia | Others | 14 | 42.4 | 4 | 19 | — | |||
Note: PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome scale.