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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of study population

From: Type specific Real time PCR for detection of human herpes virus 6 in schizophrenia and bipolar patients: a case control study

 

Cases

Controls (N = 75)

P-value

SC

BD

Total

(N = 60)

(N = 60)

(N = 120)

Age

 Mean (SD)

35.95 (9.99)

35.87 (11.58)

35.91 (10.77)

35.59 (10.74)

0.839a

Sex

 Male (%)

46 (76.7 %)

32 (53.3 %)

78 (65.0 %)

48 (64.0 %)

0.887b

 Female (%)

14 (23.3 %)

28 (46.7 %)

42 (35.0 %)

27 (36.0 %)

Marital status

 Single (%)

41 (68.3 %)

31 (52.5 %)

72 (60.5 %)

35 (48.5 %)

0.090c

 Married (%)

17 (28.3 %)

27 (45.8 %)

44 (37.0 %)

37 (51.4 %)

 Divorced (%)

2 (3.4 %)

1 (1.7 %)

3 (2.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Family history

 Yes (%)

18 (30.0 %)

26 (43.3 %)

44 (36.7 %)

-

-

 No (%)

42 (70.0 %)

34 (56.7 %)

76 (63.3 %)

Hospital Admission history

 Yes (%)

58 (96.7 %)

56 (93.4 %)

114 (95 %)

-

-

 No (%)

2 (3.3 %)

4 (6.6 %)

6 (5 %)

Smoking

 Yes (%)

31 (61.7 %)

14 (23.3 %)

45 (37.5 %)

8 (10.7 %)

<0.001b

 No (%)

29 (48.3 %)

46 (76.7 %)

75 (62.5 %)

67 (89.3 %)

  1. SC Schizophrenia, BD Bipolar disorder, SD Standard deviation
  2. aSignificances of all cases vs. controls are based on t-test
  3. bSignificances of all cases vs. controls are based on Chi- square test
  4. cSignificances of all cases vs. controls are based on Fisher-exact test