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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants

From: Evaluation of serum iron overload, AST:ALT ratio and log10ferritin:AST ratio among schizophrenia patients in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana: a case–control study

Variables

Total (n = 200)

Control (n = 50)

T (n = 75)

p-value

TN (n = 75)

#p-value

Age (years)

39.6 ± 0.8

40.5 ± 1.4

39.0 ± 1.3

0.4654

38.9 ± 1.4

0.412

Gender

0.4723

 

0.7169

 Male

96 (48.0%)

26 (52.0%)

34 (45.3%)

 

36 (48.0%)

 

 Female

104 (52.0%)

24 (48.0%)

41 (54.7%)

 

39 (52.0%)

 
  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) and frequency (proportion) where appropriate
  2. T treatment, TN treatment naïve
  3. p-value (comparison between control and treatment)
  4. #p-value (comparison between control and treatment naïve)