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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Schizophr Res. 2015 Oct 23;169(0):326–333. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.09.032

Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics.

PROBANDS RELATIVES
Controls N=305 SZ N=265 SZAFF N=178 BP N=231 SZ N=314 SZAFF N=227 BP N=274 Statistics
Age, Mean (SD) 36.5 (12.4) 34.5 (12.5) 36.3 (11.6) 36 (13.0) 43 (15.5) 40.2 (16.1) 40.9 (15.7) F(6 1787)=13.7; p<0.001
Sex (% Male) 45% 67% 40% 35% 29% 31% 36% X2(6)=112.1; p<0.001
Race
% Caucasia n 63% 46% 55% 73% 55% 61% 80% X2(6)=92.4; p<0.001
% African American 27% 45% 40% 22% 40% 24% 15% X2(6)=85.7; p<0.001
% Other 10% 9% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% X2(6)=15.7; p=0.02
Cognitive Assessments, Mean (SD)
WRAT 41 103.8 (14) 94.9 (16) 96.7 (14.9) 101.6 (13.6) 97.5 (14.7) 98.9 (16.1) 103 (14.1) F(6 1738)=13.6; p<0.001
BACS2 0.0 (1.0) -1.8 (1.4) -1.5 (1.3) -0.9 (1.3) -0.6 (1.2) -0.6 (1.4) -0.2 (1.2) F(6 1682)=73.5; p<0.001
Relatives' Psychotic Disorders and Psychosis Spectrum Personality Traits, N (%)
Psychotic Disorder 22 (7%) 27 (12%) 21 (8%) n.s.
Psychosis Spectrum Personality Traits3 47 (15%) 32 (14%) 36 (13%) n.s.
No Psychosis Spectrum Personality Traits 238 (78%) 165 (74%) 214 (79%) n.s.
1

Wide Range Achievement Test 4th - Edition: Reading (Wilkinson et al., 2006)

2

Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (Keefe et al., 2008), z-scores are given

3

as defined by meeting full or within one criteria of a Cluster A personality disorder diagnosis (SID-P)