Table 1.
Demographic measures, Vitamin D level, Leukocyte Telomere Length (LTL), PANSS Five Symptom Factors, and Premorbid Adjustment compared between Male and Female Schizophrenia Patients. Test Statistics: t-test and ANCOVA.
| Males | Females | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 13 | N = 9 | |||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | t-test | p | |
| Current Age | 44.3 | (7.2) | 41.9 | (9.6) | 0.68 | .501 |
| Onset Age | 20.6 | (8.3) | 19.0 | (3.7) | 0.54 | .593 |
| Education (years) | 11.2 | (3.8) | 12.8 | (2.9) | 1.08 | .294 |
| Vitamin D | 16.5 | (19.9) | 18.4 | (7.5) | F[1/19]=0.09, p=.770 Age is co-varied | |
| LTL | N=9 | N=9 | 1.52 | .149 | ||
| 1.94 | (.427) | 1.60 | (.527) | |||
| Positive | 10.9 | (5.8) | 10.1 | (4.0) | 0.35 | .729 |
| Negative | 15.7 | (3.1) | 14.8 | (4.9) | 0.53 | .604 |
| Dysthymia | 13.8 | 6.1) | 11.0 | (3.6) | 1.22 | .238 |
| Activation | 8.8 | (1.8) | 8.2 | (3.5) | 0.50 | .627 |
| Autistic Preoccupation | 10.8 | (3.3) | 9.0 | (2.9) | 1.29 | .214 |
| Premorbid Adjustment | N=6 | N=3 | 0.12 | .909 | ||
| .35 | (.28) | .37 | (.123) | |||