TABLE 2.
Demographic characteristics for OCD subgroups and healthy controls
| Characteristic | OCD patients with anxiety (n = 83) | OCD patients without anxiety (n = 190) | OCD patients with depression (n = 101) | OCD patients without depression (n = 287) | OCD patients on med (n = 176) | OCD patients not on med (n = 222) | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years, range) (SD) | 33.8, 25.6 (8.5) | 32.6, 23.9 (7.9) | 31.5, 28.5 (8.2) | 30.8, 29.2 (8.4) | 31.2, 26.9 (6.9) | 32.2, 28.1 (9.1) |
F = 2.86; p = 0.89 |
| Education level (years) | 12.8, 10.1 (2.5) | 13.5, 9.8 (3.1) | 14.7, 10.7 (2.8) | 13.2, 10.5 (2.9) | 13.8, 9.9 (3.1) | 14.1, 10.3 (3.0) |
F = 3.01; p = 0.67 |
| Age of onset of OCD (years, range) (SD) | 19.1, 7.5 (9.2) | 21.5, 8.1 (8.7) | 22.1, 7.7 (9.3) | 20.5, 8.2 (9.8) | 21.3, 7.9 (8.9) | 20.5, 8.3 (8.3) | F = 2.97; p = 0.65 |
| Male | 41 (49%) | 93 (49%) | 48 (48%) | 140 (49%) | 89 (51%) | 108 (49%) | Χ 2 = 3.8; p = 0.87 |
| Right‐handed | 68 (82%) | 168 (89%) | 85 (84%) | 248 (86%) | 159 (90%) | 195 (88%) |
χ 2 = 2.9; p = 0.79 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Caucasian | 41 (49%) | 101 (53%) | 53 (52%) | 132 (46%) | 93 (53%) | 123 (55%) |
χ 2 = 2.6; p = 0.58 |
| Asian | 42 (51%) | 87 (46%) | 47 (47%) | 154 (54%) | 81 (46%) | 99 (45%) |
χ 2 = 3.7 p 0.89 |
| Other | 0 | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (< 1%) | 2 (1%) | 0 |
χ 2 = 3.2 p 0.79 |