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. 2018 Sep 3;18:274. doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1853-1

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the TRS Group and Non-TRS Group

Variables TRS Group
n = 79
Non-TRS Group
n = 182
Statistic Values
General information
 Age (years) 41.8 [11.1] 43.9 [11.5] t = 1.375, P = 0.170
 Sex: Male/Female (n) 47/32 98/84 Chi = 0.712, P = 0.400
 Follow-up duration (days) 6139.7 [3692.6] 4477.8 [2269.7] t = −3.708, P < 0.001
 Duration before meeting TRS (days) 3195.2 [3148.8]
Clinical index prior to treatment introduction
 Age at onset (years) 24.0 [8.30] 29.4 [9.63] t = 4.306, P < 0.001
 Premorbid social adjustment 4.71 [3.15] 3.61 [2.88] t = −2.723, P = 0.007
 DUP (months) 9.61 [16.5] 21.9 [47.8] t = 1.976,
 DUP median 3.00 3.75 P = 0.049
 Mode of onset: Acute/Insidious (n) 38/41 74/108 Chi = 1.245, P = 0.264
Clinical index related to FEP
 Duration of initial hospital admission (days) 87.9 [205.6] 53.3 [49.4] t = −1.476, P = 0.144
 GAF after FEP 50.1 [16.6] 61.0 [13.0] t = 5.176, P < 0.001
 GAF > 70 (n) 11 52 Chi = 6.454, P = 0.011
 CP-dose for FEP treatment (mg) 562.4 [410.5] 703.4 [437.6] t = 2.405, P = 0.017

Abbreviations: CP chlorpromazine, DUP duration of untreated psychosis, FEP first-episode psychosis, TRS treatment-resistant schizophrenia