Table 3 Regional cerebral blood flow before and after 12 weeks of clozapine treatment.

From: Response to clozapine in treatment resistant schizophrenia is related to alterations in regional cerebral blood flow

 

Patient sample (N = 24)

No covariates

Covarying for percent change of global CBF

 

Baseline

Week 12

Test statistics

Test statistics

   

F

df

P

F

df

P

Global CBF, ml/100 g/min

38.62 (10.48)

36.26 (8.64)

3.00

1

0.10

/

/

/

Regional CBF, ml/100 g/min

ACC

37.12 (10.72)

33.37 (8.35)

8.66

1

0.01

11.18

1

0.00

Striatum

40.43 (7.37)

39.44 (7.49)

0.76

1

0.39

0.07

1

0.80

Thalamus

38.55 (8.68)

36.87 (8.31)

1.61

1

0.22

0.04

1

0.84

Hipp

42.01 (8.01)

41.34 (7.98)

0.25

1

0.62

1.44

1

0.24

PANSS-Positive

18.92 (5.98)

14.33 (5.10)

73.47

1

<0.001

/

/

/

PANSS-Negative

18.13 (6.42)

15.29 (5.57)

8.84

1

0.01

/

/

/

PANSS-General

34.54 (7.44)

27.04 (5.98)

38.15

1

<0.001

/

/

/

PANSS-Total

71.58 (15.99)

56.29 (14.11)

58.54

1

<0.001

/

/

/

GAF

48.25 (9.31)

59.42 (8.66)

29.00

1

<0.001

/

/

/

  1. Data were presented as mean (standard deviation).
  2. ACC anterior cingulate cortex, CBF cerebral blood flow, GAF global assessment of functioning, Hipp hippocampus, PANSS positive and negative syndrome scale.