Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of male and female patients with schizophrenia

Variable	Male (n = 76)	Female (n = 43)	F	p
Onset age (years)	22.11 ± 7.69	19.47 ± 9.92	6.96	0.01
PANSS score
Positive symptoms	19.15 ± 8.77	18.95 ± 8.43	0.93	0.34
Negative symptoms	26.24 ± 7.29	28.04 ± 7.36	1.35	0.25
General psychopathology	42.36 ± 8.88	40.47 ± 7.92	0.95	0.33
Total score	87.74 ± 15.38	87.47 ± 11.83	0.32	0.57