Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients classified as deficit v. non-deficit schizophrenia (n = 40)

	Deficit syndrome (n = 11)	Non-deficit syndrome (n = 29)	p
Males (%)*	90.9	72.4	0.40
Age at the onset, mean (s.d.)†	23.9 (6.4)	25.0 (6.8)	0.69
Illness duration, mean (s.d.)†	17.7 (6.8)	16.3 (9.5)	0.48
Lifetime psychiatric hospitalizations, mean (s.d.)†	9.0 (11.0)	7.6 (13.0)	0.81
Lifetime compulsory admissions, mean (s.d.)†	1.18 (2.1)	0.5 (1.5)	0.20
Alcohol abusers (%)*	9.1	13.8	1.0
Drugs abusers (%)*	18.2	24.1	1.0
F20.0 diagnosis (%)*	63.6	75.9	0.45
Family history of psychosis (%)*	9.1	24.1	0.41
GAF, mean (s.d.)†	43.8 (10.6)	49.1 (7.9)	0.16
PANSS Total score, mean (s.d.)†	76.8 (18.6)	68.5 (9.4)	0.11
PANSS Positive symptoms, mean (s.d.)†	3.2 (1.4)	2.9 (0.6)	0.08
PANSS Negative symptoms, mean (s.d.)†	2.6 (1.2)	2.1 (0.4)	0.07
PANSS Disorganization, mean (s.d.)†	1.9 (0.5)	2.0 (0.4)	0.39
PANSS Agitation/aggressivity mean (s.d.)†	2.3 (0.7)	2.3 (0.8)	0.74
PANSS Anxiety/depression mean (s.d.)†	2.4 (0.5)	2.3 (0.7)	0.44

*Exact Fisher test was used for categorical variables.

†Mann–Whitney test was used for continuous variables.

PANSS (positive and negative syndrome scale; Kay et al. 1987).