Table 1 Demographic information and clinical characterization of patients and healthy controls.

From: Inefficient white matter activity in Schizophrenia evoked during intra and inter-hemispheric communication

Variables

SCZ

HC

Statistic

p value

Sex (F/M)

9/19

9/19

χ2 = 0

1

Age, mean (sd)

43.25 (11.66)

42.04 (10.14)

t = 0.40

0.68

Education, years, mean (sd)

8.82 (2.49)

13.85 (4.84)

t = −4.61

<0.01

Length of illness, years, mean (sd)

14.75 (11.18)

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GAF, mean (sd)

52.68 (11.42)

79.08 (6.45)

t = −10.34

<0.01

BPRS, positive symptoms, mean (sd)

9.32 (2.98)

---

---

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BPRS, negative symptoms, mean (sd)

8.22 (4.6)

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  1. BPRS Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, GAF global assessment of functioning scale; HC healthy controls; SCZ Schizophrenic patients; sd standard deviation.