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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of male and female patients with and without cognitive dysfunction

From: Correlation analysis and gender differences of cognitive function based on mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and suicidal tendency in patients with schizophrenia

Variable

Male

Female

Patients with cognitive dysfunction

(N = 145)

Patients without cognitive dysfunction

(N = 234)

F/χ2/Z

q value

Patients with cognitive dysfunction

(N = 78)

Patients without cognitive dysfunction

(N = 97)

F/χ2/Z

q value

Age

52(42.5 ~ 59)

45(34 ~ 54)

-4.70

< 0.001

47(38 ~ 56.25)

41(31.5 ~ 50)

-3.27

< 0.01

Duration of disorder, years

25(16 ~ 32.5)

19(10 ~ 29)

-3.71

< 0.001

21(11.75 ~ 33)

14(10.5 ~ 22.5)

-3.37

< 0.01

Years of education

9(8 ~ 11)

8(8 ~ 11)

-1.18

0.33

8(6.75 ~ 11)

8(8 ~ 12)

-1.10

0.47

BMI, kg/m2

24.24(21.30 ~ 26.20)

24.23(21.63 ~ 26.81)

-0.53

0.66

24.65(21.88 ~ 27.54)

25.15(22.23 ~ 28.49)

-0.79

0.59

Total dose of antipsychotic medication, mg

280(150 ~ 400)

250(150 ~ 360)

-1.21

0.32

225(120 ~ 385)

200(105 ~ 350)

-0.81

0.59

Types of antipsychotic drugs

1(1 ~ 2)

1(1 ~ 2)

-0.23

0.82

2(1 ~ 2)

2(1 ~ 2)

-0.06

0.95

PANSS positive subscale score

16(13 ~ 19)

14(12 ~ 18)

-2.43

0.03

18(14 ~ 22)

16(12 ~ 19)

-2.85

0.01

PANSS negative subscale score

23(18 ~ 27.5)

19(16 ~ 22)

-5.46

< 0.001

24(20.75 ~ 30)

18(15 ~ 24)

-5.10

< 0.001

PANSS general psychopathology subscale score

42(37 ~ 45.5)

37(32 ~ 43)

-5.37

< 0.001

44.35 ± 9.18

38.30 ± 9.07

0.32

< 0.001

PANSS total score

81(72 ~ 90)

71(62 ~ 81)

-5.93

< 0.001

87.5(74.5 ~ 102.25)

73(61 ~ 86)

-4.94

< 0.001

IRI score

84(71 ~ 96)

87(78 ~ 96)

-1.45

0.22

86.55 ± 13.55

88.95 ± 14.27

0.79

0.47

PT perspective taking

21(17 ~ 25)

23(19 ~ 26)

-2.88

< 0.01

21.97 ± 5.34

22.88 ± 5.09

0.01

0.47

FS fantasy

19.82 ± 6.57

20.10 ± 5.28

11.30

0.71

19(15 ~ 25)

20(17 ~ 26)

-1.37

0.35

EC empathic concern

23(18.5 ~ 25)

23(19 ~ 26)

-1.62

0.17

23.5(20 ~ 26.25)

24(20 ~ 27)

-0.44

0.72

PD personal distress

21(17 ~ 24)

21(18 ~ 24)

-0.29

0.79

22(18 ~ 25)

22(18 ~ 25.5)

-0.29

0.80

TAS score

58.99 ± 9.67

55.79 ± 8.99

0.31

< 0.01

55.27 ± 8.59

54.29 ± 10.68

2.57

0.63

F1 emotion discrimination

21(17 ~ 25)

19(15 ~ 23)

-2.29

0.04

17(15 ~ 23)

17(14.5 ~ 22)

-0.29

0.80

F2 emotion description

15(12 ~ 18)

14(12 ~ 17)

-0.86

0.46

13.95 ± 3.81

14.78 ± 3.79

0.02

0.33

F3 extraversion thinking

23(21 ~ 26)

22(20 ~ 24)

-3.30

< 0.01

22(20 ~ 26)

21(18 ~ 24)

-2.73

0.02

FERS score

27(20 ~ 33)

32(27 ~ 37)

-6.05

< 0.001

23.95 ± 8.63

32.48 ± 7.29

0.84

< 0.001

Fear

5(4 ~ 7)

6(4 ~ 10)

-4.00

< 0.001

4(1.75 ~ 7)

6(4 ~ 9)

-3.31

< 0.01

Anger

6(4 ~ 8)

7(5 ~ 10)

-3.63

< 0.001

5.5(3 ~ 8)

7(5 ~ 9)

-3.90

< 0.001

Joy

6(4 ~ 9)

7(5 ~ 9)

-3.44

< 0.01

6.5(4 ~ 10)

8(6 ~ 10.5)

-1.77

0.18

Neutrality

9(6 ~ 12)

11(9 ~ 13)

-4.03

< 0.001

8(2 ~ 11)

10(9 ~ 13)

-5.23

< 0.001

ISI score

2(1 ~ 4)

1(0 ~ 4)

-2.30

0.04

2(1 ~ 5)

1(0 ~ 4)

-1.90

0.15

BSI score

10(10 ~ 12)

10(10 ~ 41)

-2.00

0.08

10(10 ~ 14.5)

10(10 ~ 29)

-0.576

0.66

Suicidal tendency

  

4.13

0.08

  

0.85

0.56

Yes, n (%)

33(22.8%)

76(32.5%)

  

23(29.5%)

35(36.1%)

  

No, n (%)

112(77.2%)

158(67.5%)

  

55(70.5%)

62(63.9%)

  

Diabetes

  

0.34

0.64

  

1.04

0.51

Yes, n (%)

19(13.1%)

26(11.1%)

  

13(16.7%)

11(11.3%)

  

No, n (%)

126(86.9%)

208(88.9%)

  

65(83.3%)

86(88.7%)

  

Hypertension

  

1.17

0.34

  

0.65

0.59

Yes, n (%)

23(15.9%)

28(12.0%)

  

13(16.7%)

12(12.4%)

  

No, n (%)

122(84.1%)

206(88.0%)

  

65(83.3%)

85(87.6%)

  

Family history

  

1.32

0.33

  

0.51

0.60

Yes, n (%)

13(9.0%)

30(12.8%)

  

18(23.1%)

27(27.8%)

  

No, n (%)

132(91.0%)

204(87.2%)

  

60(76.9%)

70(72.2%)

  

Smoking history

  

-1.09

0.34

  

-0.55

0.66

Never, n (%)

61(42.1%)

82(35.0%)

  

74(94.9%)

90(92.8%)

  

Past smoking, n (%)

24(16.5%)

47(20.1%)

  

3(3.8%)

6(6.2%)

  

Current smoking, n (%)

60(41.4%)

105(44.9%)

  

1(1.3%)

1(1.0%)

  

Marital status

  

5.70

0.20

  

2.66

0.59

Unmarried, n (%)

97(66.9%)

171(73.0%)

  

27(34.6%)

42(43.3%)

  

Married, n (%)

26(17.9%)

28(12.0%)

  

26(33.4%)

34(35.0%)

  

Divorced, n (%)

22(15.2%)

32(13.7%)

  

21(26.9%)

18(18.6%)

  

Widowed, n (%)

0

3(1.3%)

  

4(5.1%)

3(3.1%)