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Table 1 Distribution of social–demographic factors and clinical characteristics

From: Clinical characteristics and sociodemographic features of psychotic major depression

 

NMD

n (%)

PMD

n (%)

SZ

n (%)

Marital status

 Unmarried

93 (27)

33 (33.7)

474 (49.4)*

 Married

222 (64.5)

58 (59.2)

368 (38.4)

 Widowed

13 (3.8)

2 (2.0)

17 (1.8)

 Divorced

16 (4.7)

5 (5.1)

100 (10.4)

Family history

 Yes

74 (21.3)*

31 (31.6)

261 (27.3)

Sex

 Male

153 (43.6)

44 (44.9)

516 (53.4)

Allergy history

 Yes

37 (10.5)

16 (16.3)

78 (8.1)*

Educational attainment

 Primary school or below

136 (40.4)*

18 (18.4)

458 (49.5)*

 Junior middle or vocational school

93 (27.6)

32 (32.7)

236 (25.5)

 Senior high or junior college

66 (19.6)

34 (34.7)

144 (15.6)

 University and above

42 (12.5)

14 (14.3)

88 (9.5)

Trigger events

 Yes

188 (53.9)

48 (49.0)

289 (29.9)*

Ethnicity

 Han

341 (98)

94 (97.9)

932 (97.8)

 Minority

7 (2)

2 (2.1)

21 (2.2)

Season of conception

 Spring

84 (24.0)

27 (27.6)

241 (24.9)

 Summer

90 (25.7)

25 (25.5)

278 (28.7)

 Autumn

86 (24.6)

16 (16.3)

209 (21.6)

 Winter

90 (25.7)

30 (30.6)

239 (24.1)

Onset age

 Median (IQR)

36 (22–52)

34 (21–49)

24 (19–31)*

  1. IQR interquartile range, PMD psychotic major depression, NMD non-psychotic major depression, SZ schizophrenia
  2. *P < 0.05 compared with PMD patients