Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patient and control groups.

From: Performance of Verbal Fluency as an Endophenotype in Patients with Familial versus Sporadic Schizophrenia and Their Parents

 

FS (n = 98)

SS (n = 190)

Control (n = 195)

Statistic

Age, mean (SD), years

23.29 (6.79)

22.61 (6.15)

23.10 (5.45)

F = 0.51,

p = 0.60

Gender, M/F

43/55

96/94

100/95

χ2 = 1.57,

p = 0.46

Education, mean (SD), years

11.80 (2.66)

11.73 (2.90)

12.18 (2.91)

F = 1.34,

p = 0.26

Duration, mean (SD), months

19.83 (28.81)

15.40 (22.44)

 

t = 1.28,

p = 0.20

PANSS, mean (SD)

 Total profile symptoms

87.64 (20.83)

85.98 (21.57)

 

t = 0.49,

p = 0.63

 Positive symptoms

25.45 (7.36)

23.67 (6.44)

 

t = 1.67,

p = 0.10

 Negative symptoms

18.05 (7.11)

18.82 (7.06)

 

t = −0.69,

p = 0.49

 General psychopathology

44.14 (12.71)

43.49 (13.26)

 

t = 0.31,

p = 0.76

  1. FS, familial schizophrenia; SS, sporadic schizophrenia; M, male; F, female; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; SD, standard deviation; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005.
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