Table 1.

Comparison of baseline demographic and clinical symptom characteristics between participants with and without remission

Variable	With remission (n= 19)	Without remission (n = 21)	p value
Age (yr)	28.32 ± 7.52	28.86 ± 7.85	0.83
Sex
Male	11 (57.9)	9 (42.9)	0.53
Female	8 (42.1)	12 (57.1)
Education (yr)	12.11 ± 2.30	12.81 ± 2.44	0.36
Illness duration (mo)	40.63 ± 22.62	81.76 ± 90.83	0.06
Age at onset (yr)	25.26 ± 7.47	22.43 ± 5.75	0.18
Hamilton Depression Scale	16.53 ± 6.22	15.57 ± 7.74	0.67
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale total	94.42 ± 18.58	101.90 ± 13.21	0.15
Positive	27.53 ± 5.93	30.48 ± 6.09	0.13
Negative	20.79 ± 8.90	22.62 ± 4.94	0.42
General	46.11 ± 10.34	49.29 ± 9.48	0.32
Global Assessment of Functioning	51.32 ± 7.61	50.24 ± 6.02	0.62

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%).