Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics between SCZ cases and controls.

From: Differentially expressed mRNAs of neural signaling pathway genes in peripheral blood leukocytes as biomarkers for schizophrenia

Characteristic

Group/subtype

Case (n = 217)

Control (n = 217)

Z/χ2

P

Age

 

36.0 (30.0, 47.0)

37.0 (29.0, 47.0)

0.219a

0.827

Gender (%)

Male

95 (43.8)

95 (43.8)

0.980b

1.000

 

Female

122 (56.2)

122 (56.2)

  

Smoking (%)

No

205(94.5)

179 (82.5)

15.280b

<0.001

 

Yes

12(5.5)

38 (17.5)

  

Drinking (%)

No

212 (97.7)

160 (73.7)

50.882b

<0.001

 

Yes

5 (2.3)

57 (26.3)

  

Diagnosis type (%)

Paranoid SCZ

129 (59.5)

   
 

Undifferentiated SCZ

48 (22.1)

   
 

Acute schizophrenia-like psychotic disorder

38 (17.5)

   
 

Simple SCZ

2 (0.9)

   

PANSS total scores

 

85.00 (74.00, 100.00)

   

P Scores

 

23 (19, 27)

   

N Scores

 

21 (15, 26)

   

G Scores

 

44 (37, 49)

   

Family History (%)

 

40 (18.43)

   
  1. aMann-Whitney U test.
  2. bχ2 test.