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Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the OCD and HC Groups

From: Investigation of anterior cingulate cortex gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate-glutamine levels in obsessive-compulsive disorder using magnetic resonance spectroscopy

 

OCD (n = 23)

HC (n = 20)

t or χ 2

df

p

Mean age in years ± SD

31.7 ± 8.8

29.3 ± 5.6

1.061

37.846

0.295

Number of females/males

7/16

10/10

0.992

1

0.319

Mean age of OCD onset ± SD

17.2 ± 7.6

–

  

–

Mean years of education ± SD

16.8 ± 3.7

12.7 ± 3.2

−3.828

41

0.000*

Mean Y-BOCS ± SD

29.0 ± 7.8

–

  

–

Mean HAMA ± SD

18.4 ± 11.3

–

  

–

Mean HAMD-17 ± SD

14.1 ± 8.7

–

  

–

  1. HAMA Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, HAMD-17 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale HC healthy control, OCD obsessive-compulsive disorder, Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale
  2. *p < 0.05
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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