Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with schizophrenia and healthy control stratified by gender
| Â | Patients with schizophrenia (nâ =â250) | p value | Healthy controls (n â=â250) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |||
Education level | ||||||
 No education | 10 (7.5%) | 19 (16.4%) | 0.006 | 7 (5.2%) | 8 (6.9%) | 0.889 |
 Less than 8 years | 60 (44.8%) | 50 (43.1%) | 43 (32.1%) | 35 (30.2%) | ||
 8 years | 45 (33.6%) | 43 (37.1%) | 54 (40.3%) | 44 (37.9%) | ||
 College | 19 (14.2%) | 4 (3.4%) | 30 (22.4%) | 29 (25.0%) | ||
Work status | ||||||
 Unemployed | 98 (73.1%) | 56 (48.3%) | <â0.001 | 35 (26.1%) | 45 (38.8%) | 0.032 |
 Employed | 36 (26.9%) | 60 (51.7%) | 99 (73.9%) | 71 (61.2%) | ||
Monthly income | ||||||
 Less than 1000$ | 25 (67.6%) | 41 (69.5%) | 0.447 | 25 (25.3%) | 4 (5.6%) | 0.003 |
 1000â2000$ | 12 (32.4%) | 18 (30.5%) | 62 (62.6%) | 53 (74.6%) | ||
 More then 2000$ | â | â | 12 (12.1%) | 14 (19.7%) | ||
Marital status | ||||||
 Single | 116 (86.6%) | 81 (69.8%) | <â0.001 | 44 (32.8%) | 21 (18.1%) | 0.002 |
 Married | 7 (5.2%) | 21 (18.1%) | 69 (51.5%) | 77 (66.4%) | ||
 Widowed | 0 | 7 (6.0%) | 10 (7.5%) | 16 (13.8%) | ||
 Divorced | 11 (8.2%) | 7 (6.0%) | 11 (8.2%) | 2 (1.7%) | ||
Family history of mental illness | ||||||
 Yes | 112 (83.6%) | 95 (81.9%) | 0.725 |  | ||
 No | 22 (16.4%) | 21 (18.1%) | ||||
Family history of depression | ||||||
 Yes | 124 (92.5%) | 101 (87.1%) | 0.151 |  | ||
 No | 10 (7.5%) | 15 (12.9%) | ||||
Family history of anxiety | ||||||
 Yes | 132 (98.5%) | 96 (82.8%) | <â0.001 |  | ||
 No | 2 (1.5%) | 20 (17.2%) | ||||
Family history of suicide | ||||||
 Yes | 126 (94.0%) | 106 (91.4%) | 0.419 |  | ||
 No | 8 (6.0%) | 10 (8.6%) | ||||
Family history of drug abuse | ||||||
 Yes | 127 (94.8%) | 108 (93.1%) | 0.579 |  | ||
 No | 7 (5.2%) | 8 (6.9%) | ||||
|  | Meanâ Âą âSD | Meanâ Âą âSD | p value | Mean âÂą âSD | Mean âÂą âSD | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 52.34âÂąâ11.73 | 50.49âÂąâ11.19 | 0.207 | 51.43âÂąâ12.13 | 51.35âÂąâ10.86 | 0.961 |
Duration of illness (in years) | 31.85âÂąâ11.63 | 30.68âÂąâ10.75 | 0.410 |  | ||
Total PANSS score | 50.53âÂąâ33.87 | 58.67âÂąâ38.40 | 0.076 | |||
Positive subscale | 12.13âÂąâ8.86 | 13.97âÂąâ10.54 | 0.140 | |||
Negative subscale | 11.57âÂąâ8.24 | 13.90âÂąâ8.61 | 0.031 | |||
General subscale | 26.82âÂąâ18.86 | 30.79âÂąâ21.19 | 0.119 | |||