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Table 1 Comparison between overweight/obese patients and normal-weight patient (n = 204)

From: Functionality appreciation is inversely associated with positive psychotic symptoms in overweight/obese patients with schizophrenia

Variable

Normal-weight patients (N = 128)

(BMI ≤ 25 kg/m2)

Overweight/obese patients (N = 76)

(BMI > 25 kg/m2)

p

Effect size

Sex

  

0.260

0.079

Male

89 (65.4%)

47 (34.6%)

  

Female

39 (57.4%)

29 (42.6%)

  

Marital status

  

0.509

0.046

Single /divorced

16 (57.1%)

12 (42.9%)

  

Married

112 (63.6%)

64 (36.4%)

  

Education

  

0.379

0.144

Illiterate

51 (66.2%)

26 (33.8%)

  

Primary

21 (67.7%)

10 (32.3%)

  

Complementary

35 (62.5%)

21 (37.5%)

  

Secondary

8 (42.1%)

11 (57.9%)

  

University

13 (61.9%)

8 (38.1%)

  

Age (in years)

55.13 ± 12.20

55.57 ± 11.30

0.801

0.037

Duration of illness (years)

16.63 ± 11.47

14.11 ± 11.23

0.127

0.222

Duration of hospitalization (years)

14.40 ± 11.62

11.22 ± 10.55

0.052

0.286

Positive PANSS

21.63 ± 9.10

22.00 ± 8.57

0.776

0.042

Body appreciation

42.05 ± 8.08

43.62 ± 6.25

0.578

0.079

Functionality appreciation

18.70 ± 6.48

19.99 ± 5.57

0.149

0.213

Weight stigma

20.55 ± 11.16

23.74 ± 10.91

0.048

0.289

  1. Numbers in bold indicate significant p values