Table 1. Characteristics of the Nonaffective Psychosis and Control Subjects. Matched sample.
Psychosis (N=33) |
Control (N=33) |
Statistics | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean age [SD] | 27.0 [6.77] | 27.8 [5.19] | t=-0.58 | 0.56 |
Socio Economic Status [SD]§ | 39.2 [14.95] | 45.5 [14.39] | t=-1.59 | 0.12 |
Mean body mass index [SD] | 22.5 [4.09] | 23.8 [2.44 | t=-1.56 | 0.12 |
Mean number cigarettes per day [SD] | 8.3 [9.73] | 5.1 [6.89] | t=1.55 | 0.13 |
Mean waist/hip ratio [SD] § | 0.85 [0.05] | 0.87 [0.06] | t=-1.39 | 0.17 |
Fasting glucose [SD] (mg/dL) | 85.4 [7.17] | 86.2 [6.25] | t=-0.77 | 0.64 |
Two hours glucose during the Glucose Tolerance Test (mg/dL) | 114.6 [34.3] | 83.1 [20.1] | t=4.49 | <0.001 |
Cortisol blood levels (mg/dL) | 16.3 [5.87] | 18.7 [4.54] | t=-1.859 | 0.07 |
PANSS – Reality Distortion | 8.73 [2.18] | |||
PANSS – Negative Symptoms | 23.35 [6.77] | |||
PANSS – Disorganization | 3.54 [1.44] | |||
PANSS - Depression | 6.35 [2.50] |
SES were available among 25 subjects in the psychotic group and 31 in the control group. PANSS derived factors are: reality distortion (the sum of the delusions and hallucinatory behavior item scores), disorganization [the conceptual disorganization item], negative symptoms (the sum of the scores for the seven items of the negative syndrome subscale) and depression (sum of item thoughts of guilty and depression)