Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of schizophrenia patients and controls, showing no significant difference in age and education between the two groups.

	Patients (n = 30)	Controls (n = 30)	p-Values
Gender f:m	14:16	14:16
Mean years of age	39.3	39.5	0.951
Duration of illness (yrs)	11.9 (Range: 2 months-37 yrs)
Education (yrs)	10.9	11.6	0.327
PANSS positive score	12.56
PANSS negative score	14.66
PANSS general score	26.46
PANSS global score	53.7