Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

CharacteristicSchizophrenia, mean ± SEM*
n = 86		Control, mean ± SEM*
n = 86		p value
Gender, F/M51/3551/350.999†
Age, yr26.02 ± 0.9226.10 ± 0.910.92‡
Illness duration, yr6.03 ± 0.54NANA
PANSS Total68.92 ± 1.82NANA
PANSS positive16.24 ± 0.93NANA
PANSS negative16.37 ± 0.53NANA
PANSS general30.88 ± 0.83NANA

  • F = female; M = male; NA = not applicable; PANSS = Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; SEM = standard error of the mean.

  • ↵* Unless indicated otherwise.

  • ↵† Mann–Whitney U test.

  • ↵‡ Fisher exact test.