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. 2019 Sep 20;55(8):989–1000. doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01779-7

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of OCD patients

Total sample
Mean (sd) or %
n = 239
n Chronic (1)
Mean (sd) or %
n = 144
Intermittent (2)
Mean (sd) or %
n = 22
Remitting (3)
Mean (sd) or %
n = 73
Test statistic p value Post hoc analysis
p < 0.05
Sociodemographics
Age (years) 37.3 (10.9) 239 38.0 (11.0) 37.9 (13.4) 35.7 (10.0) F(2, 236) = 1.10 0.34
Gender, female 54% 239 58% 50% 45% X2(2) = 3.48 0.18
Partner, yes 64% 234 61% 77% 66% X2(2) = 2.39 0.30
Children, yes 38% 239 38% 36% 38% X2(2) = 0.03 0.99
Education (years) 13.1 (3.1) 239 12.6 (3.1) 13.3 (3.4) 13.9 (3.1) F(2, 236) = 4.18 0.02* 1 < 3
Employment, yes 55% 239 47% 55% 71% X2(2) = 11.94 <0.01* 1 < 3
Clinical characteristics
Y-BOCS total 20.8 (7.1) 236 22.3 (6.8) 19.1 (6.0) 18.3 (7.3) F(2, 233) = 8.84 <0.01* 1 > 3
Late age of onset OCDa, yes 36% 217 30% 41% 47% X2(2) = 5.73 0.06
Number of disordersb 1.9 (1.1) 239 1.9 (1.2) 1.8 (0.8) 1.9 (1.0) F(2, 236) = 0.23 0.80
Beck anxiety index 17.4 (11.3) 230 17.8 (11.6) 16.5 (8.9) 17.0 (11.5) F(2, 227) = 0.21 0.81
Beck depression inventory 15.6 (9.7) 227 16.2 (9.8) 14.9 (8.9) 14.7 (9.7) F(2, 224) = 0.63 0.54

aOnset ≥ 20 years

bNumber of current comorbid psychiatric disorders

*p < 0.05