Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the population.

From: Dysregulation of peripheral expression of the YWHA genes during conversion to psychosis

Variable

Converters (N = 36)

Non-converters (N = 56)

P-value (Mann-Whitney or Fisher test)

Age

20.0 (2.53)

21.8 (3.65)

0.023

Sex ratio (male/female)

27/9

30/26

0.049

Tobacco (daily use)

50%

35.4%

0.25

Cannabis (use in the last 30 days)

37.5%

20.5%

0.12

Psychotropic medication at inclusion

62%

60%

1

Follow-up duration in months

9.8 (5.7)

13.7 (4.0)

0.002

BPRS at baseline

56.03 (13.88)

54.79 (12.11)

0.93

BPRS at the end of the follow-up

52.54 (14.00)

44.45 (11.36)

0.016

CGI at baseline

4.53 (0.84)

4.59 (0.82)

0.7

CGI at the end of the follow-up

4.78 (0.85)

3.74 (1.20)

<10−3

Quality of RNA measured by RIN

8.51 (0.45)

8.38 (0.54)

0.11

  1. BPRS (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale); CGI (Clinical Global Impressions Scale). P-values <0.05 are in bold. Values represent population mean (and standard deviation).