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. 2021 Sep 15;18:202. doi: 10.1186/s12974-021-02261-5

Table 1.

Sex difference in demographic information between healthy controls and schizophrenia patients

Controls Patients Diagnosis, F (p) Sex, F (p) Diagnosis × sex, F (p)
Male (n = 80) Female (n = 55) Male (n = 76) Female (n = 43)
Age (years) 28.65 ± 7.63 29.69 ± 7.87 29.68 ± 6.96 28.83 ± 7.67 0.009 (0.93) 0.02 (0.92) 0.95 (0.33)
Education (years)a,b,c 13.92 ± 2.07 9.69 ± 2.65 11.55 ± 2.90 11.86 ± 3.98 0.07 (0.80) 28.37 (< 0.001) 37.99 (< 0.001)
BMId 23.57 ± 3.62 22.72 ± 3.24 22.21 ± 2.92 23.71 ± 3.61 0.19(0.67) 0.56 (0.45) 7.44 (0.007)
Smokinge 8 (10.0%) 1 (1.8%) 11 (14.5%) 1 (2.3%) - - -

2 × 2 ANCOVA was applied to compare sex difference in each variable

aSignificant differences between male patients and male controls

bSignificant differences between female patients and female controls

cSignificant differences between male and female controls

dSignificant differences between male and female patients

eFisher’s exact test