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. 2014 Sep 5;41(4):940–950. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbu130

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Data for Probands With a History of Psychosis and Healthy Controls

Healthy Controls Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Bipolar With Psychosis Findings
n = 258 n = 212 n = 131 n = 192
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Age (years) 37.45 (12.63) 34.66 (12.31) 35.61 (11.64) 35.93 (12.89) F = 2.02ns
Education (years) 15.04 (2.56) 12.93 (2.28) 13.10 (2.29) 14.43 (2.34) F = 36.56a,**
Wide Range Achievement Test–IV: Reading test (SS) 103.64 (13.83) 95.71 (15.51) 97.88 (14.62) 102.74 (13.31) F = 15.00b,**
N % n % n % n %
Sex
 Male 107 41.5 141 66.53 52 39.7  69 35.9% χ2 = 47.79c,**
 Female 151 58.5 71 33.5 79 60.3 123 64.1%
Race
 Caucasian 165 64.2 98 46.2 68 51.9 145 75.5 χ2 = 50.07d,**
 African-American 69 26.8 101 47.6 55 42.0 37 19.3%
 Other 23 8.9 13 6.1 8 6.1 10 5.2
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Clinical variables
 PANSS total 65.4 16.9 67.6 15.4 53.7 14.0 F = 45.35e,**
 PANSS positive 16.7 5.6 17.7 4.8 12.9 4.5 F = 49.46e,**
 PANSS negative 16.6 5.9 15.5 4.9 12.1 3.9 F = 47.61e,**
 YMRS 5.3 5.9 7.1 6.5 5.8 6.6 F = 3.80f,*
 MADRS 8.5 7.8 14.9 10.1 10.7 9.2 F = 24.08g,**

Note: aControls > schizophrenia and schizoaffective; bipolar > schizophrenia and schizoaffective.

bControls > schizophrenia and schizoaffective; bipolar > schizophrenia and schizoaffective.

cDisproportionate number of males in schizophrenia group.

dDisproportionate number of African-Americans in schizophrenia group.

eBipolar < schizophrenia and schizoaffective.

fSchizoaffective > schizophrenia.

gSchizoaffective > bipolar and schizophrenia.

*P < .05, **P ≤ .001.