Table 1 Summary of social and clinical data of the two samples.

From: Cortical changes in patients with schizophrenia across two ethnic backgrounds

 

Japan

Germany

Patients

Controls

Patients

Controls

Sample size

81

111

74

81

Females

39

50

32

29

Mean age (SD) in years

37.4 (9.30)

32.1 (11.0)

29.1 (7.49)

30.4 (8.54)

Duration of illness (SD) in months

158 (102)

 

61 (67)

 

Years of education

13.9 (2.06)

15.0 (2.71)

11.9 (1.53)

12.1 (1.35)

Handedness (right:left:other:NA)

(65:4:3:9)

(95:5:7:4)

(67:7:0:0)

(74:7:0:0)

CPZ (SD)

597 (716)

 

819 (716)

 

PANSS + 

14.3 (4.58)

 

13.3 (4.77)

 

PANSS–

15.8 (5.28)

 

17.7 (5.51)

 
  1. CPZ = chlorpromazine equivalents; PANSS +  = Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Positive Scale; PANSS-: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Negative Scale.