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

Table 4 Comparison of commonly used antipsychotics among different genders and types of patients

	Gender		χ2	P	Type		χ2	P
	Male (299)	Female (447)			AOS (493)	COS (253)
Aripiprazole	52 (17.4%)	195 (43.6%)	55.669	0.001**	173 (35.1%)	74 (29.2%)	2.577	0.108
Olanzapine	118 (39.5%)	128 (28.6%)	9.507	0.002**	179 (36.3%)	67 (26.5%)	7.304	0.007**
Risperidone	96 (32.1%)	95 (21.3%)	11.081	0.001**	98 (19.9%)	93 (36.8%)	25.012	0.001**
Paliperidone ^a	51 (17.1%)	65 (14.5%)	0.863	0.353	86 (17.4%)	30 (11.9%)	3.974	0.046*
Clozapine	26 (8.7%)	27 (6.0%)	1.914	0.167	32 (6.5%)	21 (8.3%)	0.830	0.362

Data were expressed by N (%) or mean ± standard deviation; statistic values were expressed by Pearson’s χ2 tests. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01
^aFour cases using paliperidone injection (Invega Sustenna) were not included in the dosage analysis

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