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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patient sample

From: Serum prolactin levels and sexual dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotics: comparison between aripiprazole and other atypical antipsychotics

Number of patients

87

Gender

Male: 36 (41.4%), Female: 51 (58.6%)

Age (mean ± SD)

39.16 ± 14.11 years

Male: 38.81 ± 13.72 years, Female: 39.41 ± 14.51 years

Diagnosis

Schizophrenia: 67 (77.0%)

Schizoaffective disorder: 13 (14.9%)

Others: 7 (8.1%)

Acute/chronic phases

Acute phase: 3 (3.4%), chronic phase: 83 (95.4%), unclear: 1 (1.1%)

Duration of illness (mean ± SD)

12.40 ± 10.58 years

History of admission

Present: 19 (21.8%), absent: 67 (77.0%), unclear: 1 (1.1%)

Previous admission, once: 11, twice: 5, 3 times: 2, 4 times: 1

Complication

Present: 8 patients (9.2%)

Autoimmune hepatitis in 1 patient, lung cancer in 1, drug-induced hepatopathy in 1, breast cancer in 1, uterine cancer/A–V block in 1, sarcoidosis in 1, anomaly of the cerebral artery in 1, and congestive heart failure in 1