Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of the baseline LICM and non-LICM cohorts

Gender

 Male

269

49.0

235

48.5

34

53.1

 Female

280

51.0

250

51.6

30

46.9

0.482

Age (mean, sd)

49.8 (15.1)

50.7 (15.0)

42.6 (13.3)

 < 0.001

Education

  ≤ primary school

484

88.2

433

89.3

51

79.7

0.026

  > primary school

65

11.8

52

10.7

13

20.3

Marital status

 Married

180

32.8

168

34.6

12

18.8

 < 0.001

 Separated/divorced/widowed

155

28.2

144

29.7

11

17.2

 Single

214

40.0

173

35.7

41

64.1

Baseline employment

 Employed

252

45.9

237

48.9

15

23.4

 < 0.001

 Unemployed

297

54.1

248

51.1

49

76.6

Current psychotic symptoms

 Absent

405

73.8

381

78.6

24

37.5

 < 0.001

 Present

144

26.2

104

21.4

40

62.5

History of psychiatric hospitalization

 No

400

72.9

375

77.3

25

39.1

 < 0.001

 Yes

149

29.1

110

22.7

39

60.9

Psychiatric hospitalization in the past year

 No

487

96.1

435

98.0

52

82.5

 < 0.001

 Yes

20

3.9

9

2.0

11

17.5

Illicit drug use

 No

501

91.3

452

93.2

49

76.6

 < 0.001

 Yes

48

8.7

33

6.8

15

23.4

Number of past psychotic relapse

  ≤ 1 (early stage)

372

67.8

346

71.3

26

40.6

 < 0.001

  > 1 (later stage)

177

32.2

139

28.7

38

59.4