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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics between healthy volunteers and patients according to BMI

From: The effect of excess weight on circulating inflammatory cytokines in drug-naïve first-episode psychosis individuals

 

Entire simple

N = 150

Normal-weight

Control group

n = 45

Normal-weight

Patient group

n = 53

Overweight

Control group

n = 30

Overweight

Patient group

n = 22

 

N (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Statistics

Sex (female)

76 (50.7)

23 (51.1)

31 (58.5)

13 (43.3)

9 (40.9)

Χ2 = 0.53; p = 0.464a

Χ2 = 0.03 p = 0.861b

Cannabis users

51 (34.0)

12 (26.7)

24 (45.9)

14 (46.7)

1 (4.6)

Χ2 = 3.63; p = 0.057a

Χ2 = 10.97; p = 0.001b

Tobacco usersc

76 (51.4)

22 (48.9)

27 (51.9)

19 (63.3)

8 (38.1)

Χ2 = 0.09; p = 0.766a

Χ2 = 3.16; p = 0.076b

 

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

Statistics

Age at onset (years)

29.2 (7.15)

28.2 (6.09)

27.7 (7.33)

29.6 (6.53)

34.5 (7.46)

t = − 0.33; p = 0.739a

t = 2.49; p = 0.017b

BMI at baseline (kg/m2)

23.8 (4.59)

22.0 (1.77)

20.3 (2.28)

29.6 (3.83)

28.2 (2.28)

t = − 4.06; p = 0.000a

t = − 1.50; p = 0.139b

  1. aComparison between patients and healthy volunteers in the normal-weight group
  2. bComparison between patients and healthy volunteers in the overweight group
  3. cn = 148