Table 1 Patient baseline demographics
Characteristic | Total (n = 242) | Patients aged ≤35 years (n = 89) | Patients aged > 35 years (n = 153) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SD), years | 43.1 (15.1) | 28.8 (4.3) | 51.3 (12.7) | < 0.0001a |
Sex, male, n (%) | 133 (55.0) | 57 (64.0) | 76 (49.7) | 0.0328b |
Family status, n (%) | <. 0001b | |||
Single | 151 (62.7) | 74 (84.1) | 77 (50.3) | |
Married/in a relationship | 53 (22.0) | 13 (14.8) | 40 (26.1) | |
Divorced | 23 (9.5) | 1 (1.1) | 25 (16.3) | |
Widowed | 11 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (7.2) | |
Employment status, n (%) | <. 0001b | |||
Employed | 43 (18.0) | 23 (26.4) | 20 (13.2) | |
Unemployed | 73 (30.5) | 36 (41.4) | 37 (24.3) | |
Annuitant | 99 (41.4) | 13 (14.9) | 86 (56.6) | |
Housewife/househusband | 11 (4.6) | 2 (2.3) | 9 (5.9) | |
In school/education/re-education | 13 (5.4) | 13 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Duration of untreated psychosis, mean (SD), years | 1.2 (8.0) | 1.4 (3.2) | 1.0 (9.8) | 0.7719a |
Age at diagnosis, mean (SD), years | 30.9 (13.0) | 23.0 (4.3) | 35.3 (14.2) | <. 0001a |
Time of diagnosis, n (%) | <. 0001b | |||
Within the last 5 years | 78 (32.4) | 47 (53.4) | 31 (20.3) | |
More than 5 years ago | 163 (67.6) | 41 (46.6) | 122 (79.7) | |
No. of illness episodes, n (%) | 0.0002b | |||
First episode of schizophrenia | 19 (7.9) | |||
≤ 5 episodes | 137 (57.1) | 64 (72.7) | 73 (48.0) | |
> 5 episodes | 103 (42.9) | 24 (27.3) | 79 (52.0) | |
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 | 29.3 (6.9) | 28.6 (7.3) | 29.7 (6.6) | 0.2381a |
Underweight (<18,5), n (%) | 3 (1.3) | 3 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
Normal weight (18,5 < 25), n (%) | 59 (24.6) | 21 (24.1) | 38 (24.8) | |
Overweight (25 < 30), n (%) | 95 (39.6) | 36 (41.4) | 59 (38.6) | |
Obese (≥ 30), n (%) | 83 (34.6) | 27 (31.0) | 56 (36.6) | |
BPRS at baseline, mean (SD) | 54.1 (15.6)c | 53.0 (16.1)d | 53.7 (15.9)d | 0.7608a |
CGI-S at baseline, mean (SD) | 4.8 (0.8) | 4.7 (0.9) | 4.8 (0.8) | |
CGI-S at baseline, n (%) | 0.7081b | |||
Mildly ill | 12 (5.0) | 6 (6.8) | 6 (4.0) | |
Moderately ill | 79 (32.9) | 30 (34.1) | 49 (32.2) | |
Markedly ill | 100 (41.7) | 33 (37.5) | 67 (44.1) | |
Severely ill | 48 (20.0) | 19 (21.6) | 29 (19.1) | |
Extremely ill | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) |