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. 2020 Apr 20;26:1393. doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1393

TABLE 1e.

Demographic & clinical characteristics of 214 familial and 170 sporadic participants with a DSM diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.

Deviant behavior < age 10 Familial SCZ (N = 149)
Sporadic SCZ (N = 130)
Familial SAD, bipolar type (N = 44)
Sporadic SAD, bipolar type (N = 22)
Familial SAD, depressive type (N = 21)
Sporadic SAD, depressive type (N = 18)
% n/Nc % n/Nc % n/Nc % n/Nc % n/Nc % n/Nc
Social difficulties 55.28 68/123 44.25 50/113 50.00 18/36 33.33 7/21 66.67 12/18 64.71 11/17
Extreme aggression 9.40 11/117 6.25 7/112 11.43 4/35 9.52 2/21 0.00 0/16 5.88 1/17
Odd behavior 16.95 20/118 9.91 11/111 5.71 2/35 28.57 6/21 18.75 3/16 11.76 2/17
Extreme fears 24.58 29/118 25.89 29/112 31.43 11/35 19.05 4/21 56.25 9/16 41.18 7/17
Chronic sadness 11.11 13/117 9.09 10/110 20.00 7/35 9.52 2/21 31.25 5/16 23.53 4/17
Learning disability 36.97 44/119 28.57 32/112 20.00 7/35 14.29 3/21 31.25 5/16 35.29 6/17
Impairment in attention 59.83 70/117 49.56 56/113 37.14 13/35 38.10 8/21 68.75 11/16 58.82 10/17
Presence of any early deviant behavior 83.33 105/126 71.93 82/114 75.00 27/36 71.43 15/21 100.00 18/18 82.35 14/17

SCZ, schizophrenia; SAD, schizoaffective disorder; N, total number of subjects in a group; Nc, number of subjects in a group for whom the covariate was known; n, number of subjects who were positive for a particular covariate; SD, standard deviation.