Table 2.

Relation of disease related variables with total empathy in cases

Disease specific variable	Distribution, mean (SD)/, n (%)	Correlation with cognitive empathy (r, P)	Correlation with affective empathy (r, P)	Correlation with total empathy (r, P)
Duration of illness	10.95 (5.06)	−0.04, 0.75	0.04, 0.76	−0.005, 0.97
Number of relapses	2.43 (2.24)	−0.42, 0.001*	−0.31, 0.016*	−0.39, 0.002*
Number of admissions	0.8 (1.12)	0.06, 0.68	−0.07, 0.60	−0.12, 0.93
Family history of psychiatric illness	Present=20 (33) Absent=40 (67)	0.43, 0.001*	0.18, 0.17	0.30, 0.02*

*Statistically significant. Data expressed as mean (SD) or in percentage. r – Coefficient of correlation; SD – Standard deviation