Personality dimensions of schizophrenia patients compared to control subjects by gender and the relationship with illness severity

Table 4 Relationship between personality dimensions and severity of illness

Gender	Dependent variable	Variables in the equation	Wald	OR (95% CI)
Males	Number of admissions in a psychiatric hospital^a	NS	8.838**	1.07 (1.02-1.12)
Males	Number of admissions in a psychiatric hospital^a	Number of suicide attempts	3.560	2.74 (0.96-7.83)
		SD	9.692**	0.94 (0.90-0.98)
	Number of suicide attempts^b	ST	9.581**	0.94 (0.91-0.98)
		Number of admissions in a psychiatric hospital	13.362***	1.37 (1.16-1.62)
Females	Number of admissions to a psychiatric hospital^c	SD	4.380*	0.96 (0.93-0.99)

Binary logistic regression analyses assessing the relationship between personality dimensions and illness severity variables in male and female schizophrenia patients. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
^aR² = 0.345; ^bR² = 0.526; ^cR²= 0.140 (Nagelkerke).
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

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