Table 3 Gender, age and number of monocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells at baseline from patients versus controls.

From: Dopamine-induced pruning in monocyte-derived-neuronal-like cells (MDNCs) from patients with schizophrenia

 

Controls (n = 13)

Schizophrenia (n = 14)

P value

Sex

77% men

86% men

P = 0.64

Age (mean ± SEM) (range)

32.6 ± 3.2 (19–65 years)

33.2 ± 3.4 (19–67 years)

P = 0.88

Number of Monocytes (mean ± SEM) (range)

6.58 ± 0.72 (3.8–12.3 million)

8.02 ± 1.17 (2–17 million)

P = 0.30

Number of aPBMCs (mean ± SEM) (range)

71.65 ± 6.06 (43–101.5 million)

59.28 ± 3.76 (39–88 million)

P = 0.09

Percentage of Monocytes (mean ± SEM) (range)

9.6 ± 0.64% (6.3–13.1%)

12.8 ± 1.3% (5–21.7%)

P = 0.04

  1. aPBMCs Peripheral blood mononuclear cells.