Table 1.
Sample demographics
| Patients (n = 29) |
Controls (n = 36) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 41.34 (14.12) | 25.75 (7.86) |
| Sex, male/female | 18/11 | 6/30 |
| Handedness, right/left/ambidextrous | 25/3/1 | 31/5/0 |
| Education, years | 12,41 (2.83) | 15.44 (2.32) |
| SANS | ||
| Affective flattening | 3.28 (1.04) | — |
| Alogia | 2.90 (0.90) | — |
| Avolition—Apathy | 3.90 (0.81) | — |
| Anhedonia—Asociality | 3.92 (1.05) | — |
| Attention | 3.44 (1.23) | — |
| SAPS | ||
| Hallucinations | 1.65 (1.16) | — |
| Delusions | 2.06 (1.08) | — |
| Bizarre behavior | 2.90 (1.54) | — |
| Formal thought disorders | 2.30 (1.10) | — |
| Antipsychotic medication, type | ||
| First generation | 2 | — |
| Second generation | 26 | — |
| Both | 1 | — |
Note: Values are presented as n or mean (SD). SANS, Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms; SAPS, Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms.