Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics
Young adult-onset schizophrenia (n = 15) | Healthy controls (n = 22) | Statistics | Adolescent-onset schizophrenia (n = 12) | Healthy controls (n = 15) | Statistics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (in years) | 25.74 ± 8.46* | 27.07 ± 7.14* | t = 0.52, p = 0.61 | 19.59 ± 1.52* | 19.16 ± 1.32* | t = 0.76, p = 0.47 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 11 | 5 | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.006 | 10 | 7 | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.11 |
Female | 4 | 17 | 2 | 8 | ||
C4AL repeats | ||||||
1 copy | 4 | 4 | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.69 | 1 | 2 | Fisher’s exact test, p = 1.00 |
2 or more copies | 11 | 18 | 11 | 13 | ||
C4BL repeats | ||||||
0 copy | 8 | 15 | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.23 | 7 | 4 | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.27 |
1 copy | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||
2 or more copies | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
Duration of illness (in years) | 2.37 ± 1.62 | – | – | 3.99 ± 0.90 | – | – |
