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Table 1 Subject characteristics

From: Voxel-based structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of patients with early onset schizophrenia

Variable

Healthy controls

(n = 18)

EOS patients

(n = 18)

p Value

Age (years)a

15.8 (1.3)

15.8 (1.8)

0.693

Sex (male/female)b

9/9

9/9

1.00

Social class 1–3b

16 (89%)

14 (78%)

0.371

Height (cm)a

163.6 (7.1)

158.8 (8.6)

0.085

IQa

97.3 (11.8)

72.8 (15.3)

0.001

Duration of illness (years)

-

1.2 (0.9)

-

Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale:

   

   Positive score

-

13.8 (4.4)

-

   Negative score

-

19.1 (10.0)

-

   Global score

-

31.1 (10.7)

-

  1. Values are given as the mean (SD), except for sex and social class.
  2. aTwo-tailed t test; bχ2 test.
  3. EOS, early onset schizophrenia; SD, standard deviation.