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. 2015 Mar 4;1:14006. doi: 10.1038/npjschz.2014.6

Table 1. UHR and healthy controls did not differ in terms of age, gender, handedness, education, or parent education.

UHR Control Total P⩽
Age
 Mean (s.d.) 18.57 (1.93) 17.85 (2.62) 18.16 (2.36) NS
 95% CI 17.91, 19.23 17.07, 18.62 17.62, 18.68
       
Gender
 Male 22 23 45
 Female 13 23 36
 Total 35 46 81 NS
       
Dominant hand
 Right 31 42 73
 Left 4 4 8 NS
       
Education (years)
 Mean (s.d.) 12.23 (2.00) 11.79 (2.59) 11.98 (2.35) NS
 95% CI 11.53, 12.94 11.03, 12.56 11.46, 12.51
       
Parent education
 Mean (s.d.) 15.93 (2.17) 15.26 (3.39) 15.54 (2.94) NS
 95% CI 15.17, 16.68 14.25, 16.26 14.89, 16.20
       
Positive symptoms
 Mean (s.d.) 11.64 (4.23) 0.53 (1.35) 5.90 (6.38) 0.001
 95% CI 10.41, 13.42 0.27, 1.16 4.15, 6.96
       
Negative symptoms
 Mean (s.d.) 11.11 (6.62) 0.57 (0.94) 5.65 (7.03) 0.001
 95% CI 7.49, 12.16 0.17, 0.66 3.05, 5.91
       
Velocity scaling (VS)
 Mean (s.d.) −0.12 (4.07) 2.31 (4.10) 1.26 (4.24) 0.01
 95% CI −1.52, 1.28 1.09, 3.52 0.32, 2.19

Abbreviations: NS, not significant; UHR, ultrahigh risk.

UHR participants were rated significantly higher on both positive and negative symptom domains. UHR individuals show significantly lower velocity scaling than healthy controls, indicating the presence of spontaneous parkinsonisms. 95% Confidence interval (CI) expressed as lower bound, upper bound.