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. 2021 Aug 18;7:39. doi: 10.1038/s41537-021-00170-3

Table 3.

Comparison between men and women for mean side effects.

Amisulpride (n = 52)
Men (n = 25) Women (n = 27) p value Effect size
Neurologic side effects (UKU) 0.37 (0.56) 0.31 (0.38) 0.376 0.126
Sexual side effects (UKU) 0.26 (0.42) 0.37 (0.48) 0.051 0.243
BMI increase (kg/m2) 0.90 (1.14) 1.34 (2.27) 0.111 0.242
Glucose level (mmol/L) 5.08 (0.62) 5.15 (0.82) 0.426 0.096
Prolactin level (mIU/L) 920.3 (553.0) 1869.2 (1212.5) <0.001* 1.013
Aripiprazole (n = 51)
Men (n = 39) Women (n = 12) p value Effect size
Neurologic side effects (UKU) 0.46 (0.44) 0.49 (0.40) 0.699 0.070
Sexual side effects (UKU) 0.34 (0.43) 0.23 (0.44) 0.114 0.255
BMI increase (kg/m2) 0.64 (1.28) −0.04 (1.46) 0.016 0.454
Glucose level (mmol/L) 5.71 (1.45) 5.47 (1.63) 0.366 0.161
Prolactin level (mIU/L) 265.9 (328.4) 307.4 (162.3) 0.216 0.139
Olanzapine (n = 41)
Men (n = 29) Women (n = 12) p value Effect size
Neurologic side effects (UKU) 0.34 (0.47) 0.38 (0.46) 0.643 0.086
Sexual side effects (UKU) 0.18 (0.35) 0.34 (0.54) 0.059 0.388
BMI increase (kg/m2) 1.48 (1.27) 0.24 (1.25) <0.001* 0.981
Glucose level (mmol/L) 5.40 (1.76) 5.00 (0.68) 0.032 0.026
Prolactin level (mIU/L) 376.6 (223.5) 667.7 (542.1) 0.001* 0.845

Data are mean values over all timepoints of the follow-up period with SD. Differences significant with α = 0.05 are shown in bold. p Values with asterisk (*) remained significant after FDR correction. Cohen’s d was used to calculate effect sizes.

n number in the total sample, BMI body mass index.