Table 1 Characteristics at visit 1 in discovery sample and replication sample by diagnostic group.

From: A genome-wide association study of the longitudinal course of executive functions

Study sample

Phenotypes

Diagnostic groups mean (s.d.) or percentage (%)

Group difference

Affective

Psychotic

Controls

P value

Discovery sample

Age

44.6 (13.4)

41.1 (12.1)

37.1 (15.6)

Females

49.8 %

39.6 %

58.1 %

TMT-B

83.9 (42.6)

92.3 (41.3)

59.4 (25.1)

<2 × 10−16

VDS-B

6.2 (2.1)

5.5 (2.0)

7.3 (2.9)

<2 × 10−16

Replication sample

Age

37.6 (13.4)

38.4 (11.3)

34.1 (12.6)

Females

63.9 %

44.6 %

63.0 %

TMT-B

57.7 (23.9)

73.6 (30.9)

48.8 (18.6)

<2 × 10−16

LNST

15.7 (3.3)

13.4 (3.5)

16.8 (3.2)

<2 × 10−16

  1. The proportion of females (%), means of age (years), TMT-B, and VDS-B/LNST with standard deviation (s.d.).
  2. We tested for differences in means between the diagnostic groups for lgTMT-B and VDS-B. Results are only displayed for visit 1 as results for the other visits proved to be similar.