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Socio-demographic characteristics of the 43 cases with psychotic symptoms and 43 'case controls.' Mean ± standard deviation and percentages and absolute numbers (in parenthesis) respectively are reported. P-values refer to group differences assessed by t-test/Wilcoxon test. |
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| Patients with psychotic symptoms |
Matched controls |
Sig. |
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| total |
male |
female |
total |
male |
female |
p |
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| N |
43 |
38 |
5 |
43 |
38 |
5 |
1.0 |
| age |
33.9 ± 10.5 |
34.6 ± 10.0 |
28.6 ± 13.8 |
34.7 ± 10.3 |
35.3 ± 10.0 |
30.4 ± 12.8 |
0.718 |
| Education (yrs in school) |
5.6 ± 4.5 |
6.4 ± 4.3 |
0.0 |
6.3 ± 4.9 |
7.1 ± 4.6 |
0.0 |
0.511 |
| Martial status (% married) |
16.3% (7) |
18.4 % (7) |
0 % (0) |
44.2% (19) |
50.0% (19) |
0% (0) |
0.005 |
| Employed or at school |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
41.9% (18) |
47.4% (18) |
0% (0) |
< 0.001 |
Odenwald et al. BMC Medicine 2005 3:5 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-3-5 |
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