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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Schizophr Res. 2015 May 23;166(1-3):310–315. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.05.018

Table 2.

Demographic data, history of psychosis, and psychosis spectrum personality traits for first-degree relatives

Healthy Controls Relatives of
Schizophrenia
Probands
Relatives of
Schizoaffective
Probands
Relatives of Bipolar
w/ Psychosis
Probands
Findings

n=289 n=315 n=193 n=259
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Age (years) 37.78 (12.67) 43.25 (14.97) 40.45 (16.46) 40.49 (15.94) F= 6.74§ a
Education (years) 15.1 (2.58) 13.98 (2.41) 13.97 (2.91) 14.61 (2.73) F= 11.014§
b,c
Wide Range Achievement 103.01 (13.77) 97.38 (15.08) 99.79 (15.61) 103.21 (13.93) F= 10.61§ c
Test–IV: Reading test (SS)

Sex n % n % n % n %
  Male 123 42.6% 95 30.2% 59 30.6% 85 32.8% χ2=12.6* d
  Female 166 57.4% 220 69.8% 134 69.4% 174 67.2%
Race
  Caucasian 181 62.8% 170 54% 120 62.2% 208 80.3% χ2=54.3§ e
  Afr.-American 79 27.4% 127 40.3% 63 32.6% 43 16.6%
  Other 29 9.7% 18 5.7% 10 5.2% 8 3.1%
Positive psychosis history 39 12.4% 27 14.0% 23 8.9%
Relatives with no psychosis
history
  Elevated Cluster A traits 44 14.0% 31 16.1% 31 12.0%
  Elevated Cluster B traits 18 5.7% 11 5.7% 18 6.9%
  Not Elevated 214 67.9% 122 63.2% 184 71.0%
*

p < .05

§

p ≤ .001

a

Controls < Relatives of Schizophrenia

b

Controls > Relatives of Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective

c

Controls, Relatives of Schizoaffective>Relatives of Schizophrenia

d

Disproportionate number of males in Schizophrenia and Control groups

e

Disproportionate number of African Americans and Caucasians in Relatives of Schizophrenia and Relatives of Bipolar groups