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. 2020 Aug 7;63(1):e83. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.77

Table 1.

Demographics, clinical characteristics, and cognition at 12-months follow-up for UHR remission and non-remission groups

Variable Remission (N = 25) Non-remission (N = 56) Statistics P-values
Gender (N)
Female/Male 16/9 26/30 χ2 = 2.14 0.16
Age at baseline, years ±SD 25.2 ±2.7 24.5 ±5.0 U = 548,
Z = -1.56
0.12
Parental SES (%)
(High/moderate/low/missing) 56.0/36.0/0.0/8.0 46.4/32.1/16.1/5.4 χ2 = 4.45 0.12
Education, years at baseline ±SD 15.6 ±1.9 14.3 ±3.2 U = 428,
Z = -2.80
0.01*
Cannabis smoking last year (N)
Yes/No/Missing 7/18/0 12/37/7 χ2 = 0.11 0.78
Antipsychotic treatment (N)
Antipsychotic naïve at baseline (no/yes/missing) 14/11/0 26/29/1 χ2 = 0.52 0.63
Current antipsychotic (yes/no/missing) 11/13/1 26/21/9 χ2 = 0.57 0.47
CAARMS subgroups at baseline (%)
Vulnerability
APS
12.0
100.0
25.0
100.0
χ2 = 1.76
-
0.24
BLIPS 0.0 2.0 U = 675,
Z = -0.95
0.57
Baseline 12-month follow-up
CAARMS composite score ¤# ±SD (N = 122)
50.4 ±14.3
(N = 25)
13.6 ±9.1
(N = 49)
37.8 ±12.7

U = 72,
Z = -6.19
< 0.001**
SANS #
Affect
Alogia
Avolition
Anhedonia
(N = 117)
1.4 ±1.0
1.2 ±1.0
1.7 ±0.9
1.7 ±1.2
(N = 24)
1.4 ±1.1
0.9 ±1.0
1.2 ±1.0
1.0 ±1.0
(N = 49)
1.4 ±1.1
1.0 ±1.1
1.6 ±1.0
1.5 ±1.8

χ2 = 1.15
χ2 = 1.00
χ2 = 8.32
χ2 = 5.61
0.95
0.84
0.04*
0.36
BPRS total # (N = 117)
42.3 ±0.7
(N = 24)
31.2 ±4.5
(N = 49)
42.0 ±6.5

T = 7.15
< 0.001**
SOFAS ±SD (N = 121)
55.4 ±11.0
(N = 25)
64.6 ±10.8
(N = 49)
58.2 ±10.0

U = 401,
Z = -2.43
0.01*
CGI Global improvement # ±SD (N = 21)
2.52 ±0.24
(N = 38)
3.18 ±0.20

U = 256,
Z = -2.35
0.02*
CANTAB ±SD
RVP A’

SWM Strategy#

SWM Between errors#

IED Total errors (adjusted)#
(N = 117)
0.9 ±0.1

27.1 ±6.3

10.5 ±10.0

19.7 ±17.1
(N = 24)
0.9 ±0.1

26.2 ±6.7

9.3 ±15.4

13.1 ±14.8
(N = 46)
0.9 ±0.0

23.8 ±6.0

5.2 ±8.2

13.0 ±12.3

U = 537,
Z = -0.04
U = 467,
Z = -1.06
U = 467,
Z = -1.08
U = 495,
Z = -0.57

0.97

0.29

0.28

0.57

Abbreviations: UHR, Ultra-high risk; SD, Standard deviation; SES, Socio-economic status; CAARMS, The comprehensive assessment of at risk mental states; APS, Attenuated psychotic symptoms; BLIPS, Brief limited intermittent psychotic symptoms; SANS, The scale for the assessment of negative symptoms; BPRS, The brief psychiatric rating scale; SOFAS, Social and occupational function assessment scale; CGI, Clinical global impression scale; CANTAB, Cambridge neuropsychological test automated battery; RVP, Rapid visual information processing; SWM, Spatial working memory; IED, Intra-extra dimensional set shift

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; #a lower score is better.

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CAARMS composite score was calculated according to the formula: (I utc * F utc) + (I nbi *F nbi) + (I pa * F pa) + (I ds * F ds). I, intensity; utc, unusual thought content; F, frequency; nbi, non-bizarre ideas; pa, perceptual abnormalities; ds, disorganized speech