Table 3.
Overall sample physical health and differences between FEP participants and healthy controls.
| Measure | Statistic | Total (N = 129) |
FEP (N = 86) |
Controls (N = 43) |
Statistic | Value | df | p | Effect size estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resting heart rate | M (SD) | 75.1 (12.4) | 78.8 (11.4) | 70.7 (12.4) | t | 3.25 | 91 | 0.002 | 0.68 |
| Systolic blood pressure | M (SD) | 117.9 (13.4) | 119.8 (14.4) | 114.8 (11.1) | t | 1.93 | 107 | 0.056 | 0.39 |
| Raised systolic blood pressure | % (N) | 22.0 (24) | 26.9 (18) | 14.3 (6) | χ2 | 2.38 | 1 | 0.123 | |
| Diastolic blood pressure | M (SD) | 75.7 (9.6) | 76.5 (10.1) | 74.5 (8.6) | t | 1.10 | 107 | 0.275 | 0.22 |
| Raised diastolic blood pressure | % (N) | 18.3 (20) | 22.4 (15) | 11.9 (5) | χ2 | 1.89 | 1 | 0.169 | |
| Weight | M (SD) | 70.3 (16.2) | 71.3 (17.3) | 68.6 (14.3) | t | 0.89 | 112 | .535b | 0.18 |
| Waist circumference | M (SD) | 81.5 (11.5) | 82.6 (12.3) | 80.5 (10.7) | t | 0.82 | 79 | .702b | 0.18 |
| Dysregulated waist circumference | % (N) | 35.8 (29) | 33.3 (13) | 38.1 (16) | χ2 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.655 | |
| Height | M (SD) | 171.8 (9.2) | 171.7 (9.4) | 172.0 (9.0) | t | 0.13 | 107 | 0.895 | 0.03 |
| BMI | M (SD) | 24.0 (5.1) | 24.5 (5.6) | 23.1 (4.1) | t | 1.38 | 107 | .356b | 0.28 |
| BMI categorya | |||||||||
| Healthy weight | % (N) | 66.3 (69) | 60.9 (39) | 75.0 (30) | χ2 | 2.18 | 1 | 0.140 | |
| Overweight or obese | % (N) | 33.7 (35) | 39.1 (25) | 25.0 (10) | |||||
Notes. % = Valid percent of participants.
Bonferroni Correction = 0.05/12 = 0.0042. p values that remained significant after Bonferroni corrections are bolded. Effect size estimate = Cohen's d.
Dysregulated Waist Circumference = Circumference greater or equal to cut offs (International Diabetes Foundation, 2006); Raised Systolic Blood Pressure ≥ 130 mmHg; Raised Diastolic Blood Pressure ≥ 85 mmHg (International Diabetes Foundation, 2006).
a
Underweight category was excluded due to inadequate sample size.
b
Independent Samples Mann-Whitney U test (non-parametric) p values for variables not meeting normality assumptions of parametric t-test.