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)