Table 1 Demographical and clinical variables of the groups investigated.

From: Variations of blood D-serine and D-aspartate homeostasis track psychosis stages

Characteristics

HD

ARMS

FEP

SCZ

p-value

N

115 (43%)

48 (18%)

25 (9%)

82 (30%)

Age, years

27 (25–31)a,b

21 (18–25)b

27 (23–41)a

33 (26–51)a

<0.001

Sex (M:F) (%)

49:51

52:48

64:36

57:43

0.447

Age at onset, years

20 (16–23)

20 (16–26)

0.569

Duration of disease, years

 

12 (5–28)

-

Olanzapine equivalents

15 (8–20)

13 (10–20)

0.813

  1. Note. Data are expressed as median and IQR.
  2. aSignificantly different from ARMS (Bonferroni’s correction with N = 6, p < 0.01).
  3. bSignificantly different from SCZ (Bonferroni’s correction with N = 6, p < 0.001).