Table 2 Demographic and psychopathological data of study participants.

From: Investigating the association of the plasma lipidomic profile with cognitive performance and genetic risk in the PsyCourse study

 

SCZ

BD

HC

Test

Subjects (n)

187

240

192

–

Sex (%female)

30

45

57

SCZ vs BD: χ-squared = 9.248; p-value = 0.00235

SCZ vs HC: χ-squared = 25.541; p-value = 4.33 × 10−7

BD vs HC: χ-squared = 5.056; p-value = 0.024

Inpatient status (%inpatient vs. outpatient)

57

32

–

χ-squared = 25.053; p-value = 5.58 × 10−7

Age (years, mean ± SD)

38.9 ± 12.9

44.7 ± 13.4

37.8 ± 16

SCZ vs BD: F-value = 19.98; p-value = 1.01 × 10−5

SCZ vs HC: F-value = 0.531; p-value = 0.467

BD vs HC: F-value = 23.24; p-value = 1.98 × 10−6

Educational status (%professional vs. high-school level)

38

60

66

SCZ vs BD: χ-squared = 19.14; p-value = 1.21 × 10−5

SCZ vs HC: χ-squared = 27.00 ; p-value = 2.02 × 10−7

BD vs HC: χ-squared= 1.00; p-value = 0.32

BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)

28.2 ± 6.1

28.3 ± 6.3

24.1 ± 4.4

SCZ vs BD: F-value = 0.026; p-value = 0.872

SCZ vs HC: F-value = 54.17; p-value = 1.19 × 10−12

BD vs HC: F-value = 59.84; p-value = 7.53 × 10−14

Duration of illness (years, mean ± SD)

12.1 ± 10

11.8 ± 11.2

–

SCZ vs BD: F-value = 0.085; p-value = 0.77

PANSS_Positive (mean ± SD)

13.5 ± 5.8

8.9 ± 2.8

–

SCZ vs BD: F-value = 114.6; p-value < 2 × 10−16

PANSS_Negative (mean ± SD)

15.1 ± 6.3

9.9 ± 4.1

–

SCZ vs BD: F-value = 106.5; p-value < 2 × 10−16

PANSS_General (mean ± SD)

28.3 ± 8.9

22.4 ± 6.6

–

SCZ vs BD: F-value = 59.48; p-value = 9.28 × 10−14

YMRS Sumscore (mean ± SD)

3 ± 4.6

3.7 ± 5.9

–

SCZ vs BD: F-value = 2.191; p-value = 0.14

IDS-C30 Sumscore (mean ± SD)

14.9 ± 10.1

12.1 ± 10.1

–

SCZ vs BD: F-value = 7.049; p-value = 0.00826

  1. BMI body mass index, PANSS positive and negative syndrome scale, YMRS young mania rating scale, IDS-C30 inventory of depressive symptomatology, SCZ Schizophrenia, BD bipolar disorder, HC healthy control.
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