Table 3 Demographic and clinical data concerning patients with first-episode SZ, BD, MDD and for HC.

From: Behavioral evidence of impaired self-referential processing in patients with affective disorders and first-episode schizophrenia

Characteristics

SZ (n = 41)

BD (n = 33)

MDD (n = 35)

HC (n = 38)

F/χ2

p

Mean age (years)

34.07 ± 6.87

34.03 ± 9.64

35.00 ± 7.99

34.5 ± 7.78

0.11

0.953

Education time (years)

15.60 ± 1.65

15.55 ± 1.70

16.23 ± 1.22

15.77 ± 2.39

1.05

0.373

Sex, male/female

14/27

13/20

12/23

16/22

0.75

0.862

Handedness, right/left

41/0

33/0

35/0

38/0

–

 

PANSS total score

51.93 ± 25.64

48.76 ± 8.80

–

–

  

Positive score

15.10 ± 6.84

11.30 ± 4.97

–

–

  

Negative score

12.07 ± 7.11

10.09 ± 3.74

–

–

  

General score

27.63 ± 9.37

27.45 ± 5.65

–

–

  

Chlorpromazine equivalents32 (mg–day)

367.37 ± 219.62

–

–

–

–

 

YMRS

–

8.00 ± 5.99

–

–

–

 

HAM-A

–

–

19.89 ± 9.09

–

–

 

HAM-D

–

20.67 ± 11.37

15.57 ± 6.13

–

  
  1. SZ: first-episode schizophrenia; BD: bipolar disorder; MDD: major depressive disorder; HC: healthy controls; PANSS: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; HAMD: Hamilton depression Scale; YMRS: Young Mania Rating Scale; HAM-A: Hamilton Anxiety Scale.
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