Table 1 Pooled descriptive statistics of obsessive-compulsive patients and healthy control participants for the adult (age 18 or higher), adolescent (age 12–17) and child (age under 12) age groups.
From: The thalamus and its subnuclei—a gateway to obsessive-compulsive disorder
Variables | Adult OCD n = 2265 | Adult HC n = 2402 | Adolescent OCD n = 317 | Adolescent HC n = 254 | Pediatric OCD n = 96 | Pediatric HC n = 90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (y) | Mean, SD | 31.9 (9.9)* | 30.7 (9.9) | 14.8 (1.7) | 14.6 (1.7) | 10.0 (1.3) | 9.6 (1.4) |
Range | 18–67 | 18–69 | 12–17.9 | 12–17.5 | 5–11.6 | 6–11.9 | |
(C)Y-BOCS | Mean, SD | 24.5 (6.6) | – | 22.7 (7.2) | – | 21.9 (6.9) | – |
Range | 3–46 | – | 0–40 | – | 0–36 | – | |
Education (y) | Mean, SD | 13.6 (3.1)* | 15.1 (3.0) | 9.2 (1.8) | 8.8 (1.9) | 5.0 (1.5) | 4.1 (1.6) |
Range | 0–26 | 0–28 | 5–14 | 4–14 | 0–9 | 0–7 | |
Female (%) | 50.3% | 50.4% | 45.3% | 48.6% | 47.9% | 55.6% | |
Medicated (%) | 52.4% | – | 40.6% | – | 19.8% | – | |
Child-onset (%) | 45.4% | – | – | – | – | – | |
Comorbid depressive disorder (%) | 26.8% | – | 35.9% | – | 17.5% | – | |
Comorbid anxiety disorder (%) | 24.7.0% | – | 46.4% | – | 41.7% | – | |
