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Table 1 Characteristics of patients

From: QTc and psychopharmacs: are there any differences between monotherapy and polytherapy

 

Group 1 (N = 32)

Group 2 (N = 29)

 

Characteristic

Patients in monotherapy

Patients in polytherapy

*p

Age, range (yr)

27–69

27–70

 

Age, mean ± SD (yr)

48.3 ± 8.8

48.6 ± 11.3

0.771

Duration of illness, mean ± SD (yr)

10.8 ± 7.3

10.7 ± 9.1

0.950

BMI, mean ± SD

25.1 ± 5.5

27.9 ± 5.5

0.059

   

**p

Smoking present, N (%)

16 (50.0)

15 (51.7)

1.000

Applied dose > DDD:

   

   Dose of AP > DDD, N (%)

7 (21.9)

8 (27.6)

0.767

   Dose of AD > DDD, N (%)

9 (28.1)

11 (37.9)

0.586

  1. *p – 2-tailed t test; **p – 2-tailed Fisher Exact test; BMI – "body mass index";
  2. DDD – "defined daily dose"; AP – antipsychotic; AD – antidepressant