Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Patients with OCD (n=14)
|
Controls (n=10)
|
t-value | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or n/n | SD | Mean or n/n | SD | |||
| Sex (male/female)a | 9/5 | 6/4 | NA | 0.83 | ||
| Age (years) | 33.20 | 9.84 | 31.90 | 7.81 | 0.62 | 0.73 |
| FIQ (WAIS-III) | 91.80 | 17.79 | 92.70 | 11.70 | 1.25 | 0.89 |
| Duration of education (years) | 13.60 | 3.07 | 13.90 | 1.85 | 0.80 | 0.78 |
| Age at onset (years) | 21.60 | 7.34 | NA | NA | ||
| Duration of illness (years) | 11.67 | 7.09 | NA | NA | ||
Notes:
a
χ2 test was used for testing this between-group difference. For all other differences, Student’s t-tests were used.
Abbreviations: FIQ, full-scale IQ; NA, not applicable; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; SD, standard deviation; WAIS-III, full-scale IQ score on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Third Edition.