Table 1 |
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Subject characteristics |
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| Variable |
Healthy controls (n = 18) |
EOS patients (n = 18) |
p Value |
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| 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: |
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| Positive score |
- |
13.8 (4.4) |
- |
| Negative score |
- |
19.1 (10.0) |
- |
| Global score |
- |
31.1 (10.7) |
- |
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Values are given as the mean (SD), except for sex and social class. aTwo-tailed t test; bχ2 test. EOS, early onset schizophrenia; SD, standard deviation. | |||
Yoshihara et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2008 7:25 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-25 |
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