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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2013 Nov;70(11):1133–1142. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.1909

Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Differences at Baseline Between Clinical High-Risk Subjects With Good and Poor Outcome.

Characteristic No. (%)

Social Outcome Role Outcome


Good
(n = 48)
Poor
(n=44)
P Value Good
(n = 47)
Poor
(n = 45)
P Value
Age, y, mean (SD) 15.90 (2.30) 16.02 (2.04) .79 16.30 (2.30) 15.60 (2.01) .13

Estimated current IQ, mean (SD) 106.07 (15.05) 100.49 (16.77) .10 105.65 (16.95) 101.06 (14.88) .14

Education, y, mean (SD) 9.60 (2.29) 9.84 (2.02) .60 10.04 (2.24) 9.38 (2.04) .17

Female 20 (41.7) 14 (31.8) .39 20 (42.6) 14 (31.1) .29

Right handed 43 (89.6) 35 (79.5) .25 41 (87.2) 37 (82.2) .57

Parental SES lowa 2 (4.2) 4 (9.3) .42 2 (4.3) 4 (9.1) .43

White 42 (87.5) 32 (72.7) .11 39 (83.0) 35 (77.8) .60

Hispanic 4 (8.3) 9 (20.5) .14 3 (6.4) 10 (22.2) .04

First-degree relative with psychotic disorder 1 (2.1) 5 (11.4) .10 2 (4.3) 4 (8.9) .43

Schizotypal personality disorder 3 (6.2) 5 (11.4) .47 4 (8.5) 4 (8.9) >.99

SOPS score, mean (SD)

 Positive symptoms 8.33 (3.92) 9.30 (3.83) .24 8.11 (4.03) 9.51 (3.62) .08

 Negative symptoms 11.11 (4.84) 15.53 (5.92) <.001 11.94 (5.34) 14.56 (6.00) .03

 Total disorganization 5.01 (4.37) 7.44 (3.82) .002 4.99 (3.58) 7.00 (3.71) .002

 General 8.80 (4.37) 8.72 (3.79) .93 8.17 (4.32) 9.37 (3.76) .16

Global functioning score, mean (SD)

 Social 6.60 (1.36) 5.45 (1.36) <.001 6.09 (1.32) 6.02 (1.63) .84

 Role 5.92 (2.04) 5.27 (2.00) .13 6.23 (2.05) 4.96 (1.83) .002

Global assessment of functioning score, mean (SD) 47.52 (8.73) 44.70 (7.40) .10 47.64 (8.67) 44.64 (7.48) .08

DSM-IV diagnoses

 Moodb 33 (68.8) 25 (56.8) .28 34 (72.3) 24 (53.3) .08

 Anxietyc 28 (58.3) 25 (56.8) >.99 29 (61.7) 24 (53.3) .53

 Substanced 6 (12.5) 3 (6.8) .49 3 (6.4) 6 (13.3) .31

Medication at testing

 No medication 26 (54.2) 22 (50.0) .85 24 (51.1) 24 (53.3) .84

 Antipsychotics 9 (18.8) 10 (22.7) .80 11 (23.4) 8 (17.8) .61

 Antidepressants 13 (27.1) 15 (34.1) .50 17 (36.2) 11 (24.4) .26

 Anxiolytics 5 (10.4) 4 (9.1) >.99 5 (10.6) 4 (8.9) >.99

 Mood stabilizers 3 (6.2) 1 (2.3) .62 2 (4.3) 2 (4.4) >.99

 Stimulants 2 (4.2) 1 (2.3) >.99 1 (2.1) 2 (4.4) .61

 Other medicationse 0 1 (2.3) .48 0 1 (2.2) .49

Time to last follow-up, y, mean (SD) 3.12 (1.60) 2.80 (1.61) .34 2.90 (1.63) 3.03 (1.60) .70

Abbreviations: NOS, not otherwise specified; SES, socioeconomic status; SOPS, Structured Interview for Prodromal Symptoms.

a

Hollingshead Four-Factor Index of Socioeconomic Status, where scores of 1 to 3 are “high” and scores of 4 and 5 are “low.”

b

DSM-IV–defined diagnosis of major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, mood disorder NOS, or depressive disorder NOS.

c

DSM-IV–defined diagnosis of panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, anxiety disorder NOS, or phobias including simple phobias and social phobia.

d

DSM-IV–defined diagnosis of alcohol, amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogen, nicotine, opioid, or polysubstance-related disorder.

e

The category “other medications” included the following: anticholinergic, anticonvulsant, antihypertensive, and sedative-hypnotic medication.