Table 1 Descriptives of demographics and clinical indices.
Gender (male:female) (count) | Controls | OCD | χ2 | df | p | Effect size | ||||
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10:12 | 10:10 | 0.09 | 1 | .77 | ||||||
Controls (n = 22) | OCD (n = 20) | Mann–Whitney | ||||||||
Mdn | M | SD | Mdn | M | SD | U | p | z | r | |
Demographics | ||||||||||
Age | 27.0 | 28.18 | 6.66 | 29 | 28.80 | 7.02 | 206.00 | .72 | – | – |
Years of education | 13.0 | 14.41 | 2.06 | 14.5 | 14.55 | 2.19 | 202.50 | .63 | – | – |
Handedness Indexa | 100.0 | 79.09 | 36.19 | 100 | 84.15 | 44.61 | 185.00 | .31 | – | – |
Clinical indices | ||||||||||
HDRS | 2.0 | 2.55 | 1.82 | 4 | 5.30 | 4.61 | 134.00 | .03 | − 2.18 | − .34 |
HAM-A | 2.5 | 2.50 | 1.68 | 7 | 7.05 | 5.91 | 107.50 | .004* | − 2.85 | − .44 |
OCI-R | 2.5 | 3.45 | 3.33 | 21 | 23.20 | 15.47 | 18.50 | < .001* | − 5.09 | − .79 |
Duration of illness (years) | – | – | – | – | 8.18 | 6.59 | ||||
Y-BOCS (total) | – | – | – | – | 19.90 | 6.61 | – | – | – | – |
Y-BOCS (obsessions) | – | – | – | – | 9.70 | 3.34 | – | – | – | – |
Y-BOCS (compulsions) | – | – | – | – | 10.20 | 3.87 | – | – |