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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample

From: Cytokine alterations in first-episode schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: relationships to brain structure and symptoms

 

Control (n = 53)

Schizophrenia (n = 69)

Bipolar (n = 16)

Age: mean (SD)

[minimum, maximum]

19.5 (3.3)

[13, 32]

19.9 (3.5)

[13, 30]

21.4 (3.4)

[14, 27]

Gender (% male/female)

64/36

88/12

75/25

Subject education: mean (SD)

12.7 (2.9)

12.0 (2.2)

12.7 (1.7)

Parental education: mean (SD)

14.1 (3.2)

13.9 (2.8)

14.8 (2.6)

SANS: mean (SD)

–

10.3 (3.6)

7.5 (4.9)

SAPS: mean (SD)

–

6.2 (3.7)

2.9 (3.3)

BPRS: mean (SD)

–

42.04 (8.2)

38.1 (8.0)

GAF: mean (SD)

–

41.46 (8.5)

46.50 (13.0)

WASI: mean (SD)

115.71 (10.0)

100.49 (13.2)

100.13 (11.2)

Duration of illness: mean number of days (SD)

–

319.25 (243.0)

226.00 (204.5)

Antipsychotic dose (CPZ mg): mean (SD)

–

252.1 (192.2)

271.2 (202.7)

Antipsychotic medication: (n)

–

  

 Aripiprazole

 Asenapine

 Haloperidol

 Olanzapine

 Quetiapine

 Risperidone

 Ziprasidone

 More than one atypical

 Unmedicated

 

14

1

1

7

3

27

1

5

10

1

0

0

2

1

5

1

1

5

  1. SD standard deviation, SANS Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms, SAPS Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms, BPRS Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, GAF Global Assessment of Functioning, WASI Wechler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, CPZ Chlorpromazine equivalent dose