Clinical and demographic characteristics of the patients and control subjects*
| FE Group | Chronic Group | Combined Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FE Patients (n = 12) | Controls (n = 14) | Chronic Patients (n = 16) | Controls (n = 14) | All Patients (n = 28) | All Controls (n = 28) | |
| Age (y) | 25.50 ± 5.76 | 25.16 ± 5.35 | 29.31 ± 11.41 | 28.93 ± 10.24 | 27.65 ± 9.46 | 27.32 ± 8.58 |
| Male/Female | 8/4 | 9/5 | 11/5 | 9/5 | 19/9 | 18/10 |
| Education (y) | 10.33 ± 4.47 | 10.33 ± 3.89 | 11.00 ± 3.65 | 11.00 ± 3.40 | 10.71 ± 3.96 | 10.71 ± 3.56 |
| Age at onset (y) | 24.83 ± 5.30 | 22.37 ± 8.72 | 23.35 ± 7.13 | |||
| No. of hospitalizations | – | 4.30 ± 3.90 | – | |||
| DUP (months) | 11.20 ± 10.20 | – | – | |||
| Duration of illness (months) | – | 83.25 ± 68.65 | – | |||
| Psychopathology scores | ||||||
| BPRS | 58.75 ± 8.60 | 67.56 ± 11.18 | 63.92 ± 10.96 | |||
| SANS | 40.00 ± 17.62 | 50.37 ± 26.93 | 45.92 ± 23.60 | |||
| SAPS | 36.58 ± 17.11 | 43.87 ± 15.89 | 40.75 ± 16.52 | |||
Note:—FE indicates first-episode; –, data not available.; DUP, duration of untreated psychosis; BPRS, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; SANS, Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms; SAPS, Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms.
* Data are given as mean ± SDs except where indicated.