Table 2 Demographic profiles in different genotypic groups among patients and controls.

From: Neuregulin 3 rs10748842 polymorphism contributes to the effect of body mass index on cognitive impairment in patients with schizophrenia

Variable

Patients (N = 625)

Controls (N = 400)

TT

(N = 544)

TC

(N = 81)

Statistic

p

TT

(N = 347)

TC

(N = 53)

Statistic

p

Age (years)

44.91 ± 10.21

45.84 ± 10.81

0.77

0.44

44.67 ± 13.53

45.15 ± 13.44

0.24

0.81

Gender (male)

447 (82.2%)

66 (81.5%)

0.17

0.92

135 (38.9%)

22 (41.5%)

0.13

0.72

Education (years)

8.42 ± 3.75

8.70 ± 2.93

0.67

0.50

9.94 ± 5.80

8.38 ± 3.86

1.90

0.06

BMI

23.97 ± 4.52

23.99 ± 4.00

0.04

0.97

25.10 ± 4.20

25.50 ± 4.64

0.62

0.53

Onset age

23.76 ± 6.80

30.21 ± 23.17

1.01

0.28

Illness duration (years)

21.13 ± 9.95

21.19 ± 9.64

0.05

0.96

Daily dose (mg/day) (chlorpromazine equivalents)

390.47 ± 308.32

389.49 ± 187.59

0.03

0.98

Antipsychotic treatment duration (months)

31.27 ± 47.27

32.10 ± 42.52

0.15

0.88

PANSS score

 Positive symptoms

11.95 ± 6.36

11.67 ± 5.54

0.37

0.71

 Negative symptoms

19.94 ± 8.62

21.48 ± 9.11

1.48

0.14

 General psychopathology

25.10 ± 7.11

25.52 ± 7.19

0.49

0.62

 Total score

56.99 ± 16.56

58.67 ± 16.17

0.85

0.40