Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants
| Healthy Control (N=26) |
Schizophrenia (N=26) |
Statistical Evaluation |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 31.9±8.9 | 34.5±8.4 | p = 0.27 |
| Sex | 14M,12F | 13M,13F | χ2=0.077; p=0.78 |
| BMI | 24.4±3.7 | 28.5±4.8 | p = 0.001 |
| Education* | 6.5±1.8 | 5.1±1.5 | p = 0.005 |
| Parental SES | 6.0±2.3 | 6.1±2.3 | p = 0.82 |
| Age at onset | -- | 24.5±7.9 | |
| Lifetime number of suicide attempts | -- | 0.7±1.6 | |
| Lifetime number of hospitalizations | -- | 5.5±3.9 | |
| MADRS | -- | 11.9±10.6 | |
| YMRS | -- | 9.2±6.0 | |
| MCAS | -- | 44.7±6.9 | |
| PANSS | -- | 56.7±17.4 | |
| NAART | 110.8±7.7 | 108.3±11.0 | p = 0.36 |
| Lithium | -- | 3 | |
| Anticonvulsants | -- | 8 | |
| SGAs | -- | 18 | |
| FGAs | -- | 2 | |
| CPZ equivalents | -- | 392.3±470.8 | |
| Benzodiazepines | -- | 11 |
Abbreviations: SES: Socioeconomic status; SGA: second generation antipsychotic; FGA: first generation antipsychotic. Other abbreviations as in the text.
Parental SES calculated according to the Hollingshead scale.
*
Education code: 3: graduated high school; 4: part college; 5: graduated 2 year college; 6: graduated 4 year college; 7: part graduate/professional school; 8: completed graduate/professional school