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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2022 Feb 1;34(1):15–20. doi: 10.12788/acp.0049

Table 1. Comparison of Men and Women with SPD Based on Demographic and Clinical Measures.

Men (N=17) Women (N=78) F p
Age, years 32.6 (13.0) 32.5 (11.7) 0.001 0.97
Racial-ethnic group, non-White Caucasian # 3 [17.7%] 21 [26.9%] 7.533c 0.11
Education level 5.9 (1.3) 5.9 (1.3) <0.001 0.986
Age at onset of SPD, years 15.6 (8.8) 13.2 (7.9) 1.2469 0.267
MIDAS Focused 16.1 (4.9) 18.1 (5.0) 1.897 0.172
MIDAS Automatic 19.6 (4.7) 18.2 (4.3) 1.2926 0.2586
Clinical Global Impression-Severity 4.0 (0.5) 4.3 (0.8) 2.428 0.1226
Sheehan Disability Scale 6.4 (5.8) 8.5 (7.4) 1.202 0.276
BIS Attentional 16.3 (4.2) 16.2 (4.0) <0.001 0.986
BIS Motor 21.6 (4.3) 21.2 (3.8) 0.1396 0.7096
BIS Non-planning 24.7 (5.2) 23.1 (5.0) 1.2579 0.2651
QOL T-score 41.8 (14.5) 44.8 (12.8) 0.7011 0.4046
Participants with at least one first-degree relative(s) with SPD or trichotillomania, N [%] 3 [17.7%] 1 [1.3%] 6.625 0.0101
Participants with at least one first-degree relative(s) with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, N [%] 1 [5.9%] 1 [1.3%] 1.094 0.2957
Participants with at least one first-degree relative(s) with a substance use disorder, N [%] 2 [11.8%] 14 [17.94%] 2.643 0.450
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For simplicity, data are presented in binary form, but likelihood ratio test examined breakdown across all racial-ethnic subgroups. c: Likelihood ratio chi-square test.

MIDAS: Milwaukee Inventory for Dimensions of Skin Picking; BIS: Barratt Impulsivity Scale; QOL: Quality of Life Inventory.