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. 2016 Oct 4;7:1491. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01491

Table 1.

Demographic, baseline clinical characteristics, predictor variables.

Symptomatic Remission

Characteristic Total No Yes P (E.S)
Remission last available obs. % (n) 186 58.6 (109) 41.4 (77)
Demographics (α = 0.025)
Age of onset (SD) 26.92 (10.76) 26.21 (10.38) 27.94 (11.26) 0.283 (0.160)
Female % (n) 45.2 (84) 59.5 (50) 40.5 (34)
Male % (n) 54.8 (102) 57.8 (59) 42.2 (43) 0.979 (0.004)
Clinical status (α = 0.005)
GAF Symptom mean (SD) 31.82 (7.12) 32.06 (6.85) 31.50 (7.11) 0.554 (0.079)
GAF Function mean (SD) 41.10 (10.84) 40.28 (10.14) 42.23 (11.69) 0.175 (0.184)
PANSS mean item score (SD)
Negative 2.15 (1.07) 2.18 (1.00) 2.10 (1.16) 0.602 (0.078)
Disorganized 2.02 (1.05) 1.93 (0.91) 2.09 (1.14) 0.158 (0.213)
Depressive 3.26 (1.04) 3.31 (1.07) 3.20 (1.01) 0.453 (0.112)
Positive 3.16 (0.82) 3.19 (0.86) 3.11 (0.75) 0.523 (0.095)
Excitative 1.58 (0.73) 1.53 (0.67) 1.65 (0.80) 0.288 (0.159)
Total 64.69 (14.25) 64.39 (11.62) 65.13 (17.39) 0.727 (0.053)
aSubstance abuse % (n) 24.2 (45) 60.00 (27) 40.00 (18) 0.630 (0.064)
bDUP weeks median (Range, SD) 20.00 (0–2080, 221,05) 30.00 (0–2080, 264.17) 13.50 (0–572, 135.17) 0.010 (0.253)
cCore schizophrenia % (n) 32.30 (60) 63.3 36.7 0.143 (0.193)
Predictor variables (α = 0.008)
d Social satisfaction (SD)
Family 4.78 (1.36) 4.61 (1.47) 5.02 (1.15) 0.040 (0.309)
Friends 4.617 (1.25) 4.45 (1.32) 4.85 (1.11) 0.029 (0.328)
Social satisfaction total 4.69 (1.22) 4.52 (1.12) 4.92 (0.83) 0.008(0.404)
eSocial frequency (SD)
Family 4.12 (0.84) 4.05 (0.92) 4.21 (0.71) 0.178 (0.203)
Friends 3.41 (1.05) 3.23 (1.13) 3.67 (0.88) 0.005 (0.428)
Social frequency total 3.69 (0.77) 3.56 (0.83) 3.88 (0.62) 0.004 (0.441)

aTransformed to binary variables: Abuse defined as score of >2 measured by the Clinicians Rating Scale.

bDUP: p-value and effect size is based on log-transformed DUP.

cSchizophrenia spectrum disorders: Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform, and Schizoaffective disorder.

d/eVariables from Lehman quality of life interview. Bonferroni adjusted α levels for each section of the table. E.S: Effect size (Cohen’s D).

Bold values indicate statistically significant values.