Table 1 Participant demographics, clinical characteristics, and metabolic measures.
Schizophrenia (n = 195) | Healthy controls (n = 70) | Test statistic | p-Value | |
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Male/female | 110/85 | 37/33 | χ2 = 0.26 | 0.61 |
Smoker/non-smoker | 52/143 | 17/53 | χ2 = 0.15 | 0.70 |
Age (years) | 35.60 (13.03) | 39.74 (11.82) | t = 2.33 | 0.02 |
Education (years) | 12.37 (3.21) | 12.91 (2.56) | t = 1.28 | 0.20 |
BMI | 23.43 (4.36) | 23.92 (3.07) | t = 1.02 | 0.31 |
CPZ | 266.31 (349.77) | NA | NA | NA |
PANSS total score | 72.36 (17.13) | NA | NA | NA |
Working memorya | 45.16 (11.43) | 57.78 (7.65) | F = 78.19 | <0.001 |
Processing speeda | 44.96 (8.73) | 57.09 (8.51) | F = 92.99 | <0.001 |
Attention/vigilancea | 43.64 (9.85) | 56.81 (9.08) | F = 59.66 | <0.001 |
Verbal learninga | 46.98 (12.17) | 57.41 (8.34) | F = 39.31 | <0.001 |
Visual learninga | 45.23 (10.56) | 53.39 (8.47) | F = 37.73 | <0.001 |
Reasoning and problem solvinga | 45.70 (10.70) | 55.88 (7.81) | F = 69.88 | <0.001 |
Social cognitiona | 46.20 (10.97) | 53.22 (9.95) | F = 24.76 | <0.001 |
MCCB composite scorea | 43.91 (10.21) | 57.83 (7.93) | F = 103.64 | <0.001 |
5-HI (ng/ml)a | 8.57, 8.44 (2.79) | 7.85, 7.73 (2.12) | F = 2.54 | 0.11 |
KYNA (ng/ml)a | 6.42, 5.77 (3.36) | 8.59, 8.14 (3.09) | F = 34.38 | <0.001 |
QUIN (ng/ml)a | 49.62, 44.71 (24.73) | 54.18, 50.51 (16.55) | F = 5.63 | 0.02 |
5-HI/KYNAa | 1.69, 1.36 (1.30) | 1.01, 0.94 (0.40) | F = 33.61 | <0.001 |
QUIN/KYNAa | 8.67, 8.04 (3.8) | 6.77, 6.36 (2.44) | F = 18.05 | <0.001 |