Table 3 Sociodemographic data of the study participants.

From: Differentiation of psychotic and affective disorder patients from healthy controls using the niacin skin flush test: a novel analytical method and the SKINREMS system—preliminary research

 

Patients

Healthy individuals

Differences

N (%)

 Gender [females]

41 (50.62)

25 (64.10)

0.164

 Cigarettes [smokers]

24 (29.63)

7 (17.95)

0.180

 Somatic conditions [yes]

18 (22.22)

11 (28.20)

0.473

 Mental health conditions [presence in family]

20 (24.69)

4 (10.26)

0.064

Median (Min-Max)

 Age [years]

27 (15–56)

25 (23–32)

0.379

 BMI [kg/m2]

24.58 (17.99–38.75)

21.31 (17.71–29.12)

0.002

 Physical activity [min/week]

0 (0-1440)

45 (0-630)

0.005

 Duration of illness [years]

5 (1–31)

N/A

N/A

 Hospitalizations [number]

2 (0–15)

N/A

N/A

 Olanzapine equivalents [to 1 mg OLA]

25 (0.63–135)

N/A

N/A

 PANSS [total points]

74 [36–145]

N/A

N/A