Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample

	OCD		HC
	N	%	N	%	Statistic	df	P value
Sex
Male	35	57.4	51	51	X2 = 0.61	1	0.43
Female	26	42.6	49	49
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Statistic	df	P value
Age (years)	42.87	11.32	44.03	14.91	t = 0.52	159	0.60
Education (years)	12.77	3.81	13.50	4.02	t = 1.14	159	0.26
HAM-D-17	8.10	5.22	0.69	1.11	t = −13.7	159	< 0.001*
Y-BOCS	22.37	5.40	–
STAI-Trait	34.93	11.43	13.18	8.31	t = −13.94	159	< 0.001*
STAI-State	26.26	14.96	10.44	6.94	t = −9.04	156	< 0.001*

Abbreviations: OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, HC Healthy Controls, SD Standard Deviation, HAM-D Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Y-BOCS Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, STAI State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

*P < 0.05