Clinical consequences of switching from olanzapine to risperidone and vice versa in outpatients with schizophrenia: 36-month results from the worldwide schizophrenia outpatients health outcomes (W-SOHO) study

Table 2 Patient characteristics before switching from risperidone to olanzapine and from olanzapine to risperidone

	OLZ-RIS (n=162)	RIS-OLZ (n=136)
Age (years) ^a	37.2 ± 13.3	36.5 ± 12.5
Male (%)^b	51.2	51.9
Age at first service contact for schizophrenia (years)^a	27.6 ± 10.3	27.9 ± 10.5
Duration of illness (years)^a	9.7 ± 10.1	8.8 ± 8.9
CGI-SCH overall^a	3.5 ± 1.2	3.6 ± 1.2
CGI-SCH positive^a	3.0 ± 1.4	3.0 ± 1.4
CGI-SCH negative^a	3.1 ± 1.3	3.2 ± 1.3
CGI-SCH cognitive^a	2.8 ± 1.3	3.1 ± 1.3
CGI-SCH depressive^a	2.7 ± 1.3	3.0 ± 1.4
Current alcohol abuse (%)^b,*	5.0	1.5
Current substance abuse (%)^b	2.5	3.7
Being hostile (%)^b	9.9	11.0
Having a spouse/partner (%)^b	30.4	24.2
Living independently (%)^b	55.9	49.6
Being socially active (%)^b	80.1	77.8
Being employed (%)^b	29.8	25.2

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