Skip to main content
. 2019 Aug 28;50(11):1914–1922. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719002046

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics

HC BIP SCZ HC v. BIP HC v. SCZ BIP v. SCZ
N = 622 N = 263 N = 607 χ2/t p χ2/t p χ2/t p
Sex (% female) 0.46 0.63 0.39 19.98 0.000 6.92 0.009 42.04 0.000
Mean s.d. Mean s.d. Mean s.d.
Age (years) 30.06 6.91 27.56 6.34 27.04 6.50 −5.12 0.000 −7.96 0.000 −1.10 0.278
Education (years) 14.32 2.25 13.27 2.26 12.17 2.35 −6.00 0.000 −15.85 0.000 −6.10 0.000
Birth weight (grams)a 3521 538 3556 558 3481 576 1.40 0.162 −1.57 0.117 −2.38 0.018
Gestation age (weeks) 39.91 1.78 39.88 1.93 39.61 2.49 −0.14 0.887 −2.42 0.016 −1.57 0.117
Age at illness onset 19.03 5.99 21.89 6.17 6.28 0.000
Illness duration (years) 8.58 6.45 5.21 5.35 −7.92 0.000
PANSS 45.98 10.06 62.45 16.62 14.71 0.000
General 25.66 5.80 32.04 8.40 11.07 0.000
Negative 10.33 3.64 15.41 6.24 12.15 0.000
Positive 10.06 3.65 14.94 5.16 13.73 0.000
GAF-S 56.86 11.37 42.92 11.89 −15.96 0.000
GAF-F 55.19 12.95 44.58 12.21 −11.47 0.000
Premorbid IQb 112.99 1.72 112.22 1.71 110.04 1.75 0.48 0.631 −4.79 0.000 −3.61 0.000
Current full scale IQc 113.30 5.16 108.74 4.89 100.79 5.26 −2.19 0.028 −10.33 0.000 −5.32 0.000
IQ difference scored 0.34 3.64 −3.45 3.39 −8.45 3.72 −2.81 0.005 −9.19 0.000 −4.20 0.000
a

Adjusted for sex; s.d. (standard deviation); HC (healthy controls); BIP (bipolar spectrum); SCZ (schizophrenia spectrum); PANSS (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale); GAF-S (Global Assessment of Functioning- symptoms); GAF-F (Global Assessment of Functioning-functioning). Bold numbers represent significant values.

b

NART premorbid IQ estimate adjusted for age, education and sex (HC: N = 582, BIP: N = 230 and SCZ: N = 411).

c

WASI full scale IQ assessment adjusted for age, education and sex (HC: N = 580, BIP: N = 235 and SCZ: N = 428).

d

IQ difference score (current IQ – premorbid IQ) adjusted for age, education and sex (HC: N = 579, BIP: N = 228 and SCZ: N = 396)