Table 1 Demographic and clinical charateristics of the 100 patients with schizophrenia according to good versus poor response to antipsychotics (May and Denker classification).

Men (%)

77

87

0.445

Age at interview (mean ± sd)*

32.83 ± 7.89

31.33 ± 7.21

0.368

Age at onset (mean ± sd)*

21.66 ± 5.02

21.03 ± 3.45

0.464

Illness duration (mean ± sd)

11.17 ± 8.16

10.29 ± 6.78

0.554

SAPS scores (mean ± sd)

5.14 ± 3.75

1.35 ± 2.84

< 0.001

SANS scores (mean ± sd)

12.11 ± 4.62

9.02 ± 4.29

< 0.001

Extra-pyramidal scores (mean ± sd)

2.86 ± 3.63

0.92 ± 1.55

< 0.001