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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population

From: Analysis of the status of drug treatment in 746 inpatients with early-onset schizophrenia in China: a retrospective study

 

N (%)

Demographic variables

 Nanjing

132 (17.7%)

 Male

299 (40.1%)

 Age at admission, years

13.98 ± 2.32

Clinical characteristics

 Days of hospitalization

54.52 ± 32.28

 First onset

641 (85.6%)

 Refractory cases

224 (30.0%)

 Age of onset, years

12.94 ± 2.28

 Age < 13

253 (33.9%)

 13 ≤ age ≤ 18

493 (66.1%)

 Duration of illness, months

12.03 ± 13.37

 IQa at admission

84.84 ± 0.85

 PANSS total at admission

84.81 ± 19.67

 PANSS positive at admission

21.21 ± 5.56

 PANSS negative at admission

19.5 7 ± 7.05

 Body weight change from admission to discharge, kg

1.00

Efficacy

 Much improvement

245 (32.8%)

 Improvement

495 (66.4%)

 No response

6 (0.8%)

  1. Data were expressed by N (%), median or mean ± standard deviation
  2. Abbreviation: PANSS Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale
  3. aIQ was assessed by the Wechsler Child’s Intelligence Scale Revised (WISC-CR) for Chinese