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Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables by abuse group

From: Schizophrenia clinical symptom differences in women vs. men with and without a history of childhood physical abuse

Variable

Women physically abused

Women not physically abused

Men physically abused

Men not physically abused

Statistical tests

N = 10

N = 14

N = 11

N = 45

Age (years)

37.8 ± 10.8

32.6 ± 11.9

30.9 ± 7.7

31.6 ± 9.8

Women: t = −1.25, p = 0.22

Men: t = 0.23, p = 0.82

Abuse x sex interaction: F = 1.24, df = 1,76, p = 0.27

Race

White (50.0 %)

White (64.3 %)

White (63.6 %)

White (62.2 %)

Chi square t = 0.29, df = 2, p = 0.87

Level of education (years)

12.7 ± 2.5

11.7 ± 2.9

11.8 ± 1.3

12.3 ± 1.8

Women: t = −1.17, p = 0.24

Men: t = 0.75, p = 0.46

Abuse x sex interaction: F = 1.92, df = 1,75, p = 0.17

BPRS total score

34.7 ± 8.6

30.2 ± 4.0

30.6 ± 8.4

31.2 ± 5.8

Women: t = 1.71, p = 0.09

Men: t = −0.26, p = 0.79

Abuse x sex interaction: F = 2.24, df = 1,76, p = 0.14

BPRS psychotic symptom

9.7 ± 4.6*

6.9 ± 2.9

7.2 ± 3.3

8.1 ± 3.3

Women: t = 1.96, p = 0.05

Men: t = −0.77, p = 0.443

Abuse x sex interaction: F = 4.03, df = 1,76, p = 0.048

BPRS negative symptom

5.7 ± 2.4

6.3 ± 2.8

7.5 ± 2.6

6.9 ± 2.5

Women: t = −0.56, p = 0.58

Men: t = 0.61, p = 0.54

Abuse x sex interaction: F = 0.67, df = 1,76, p = 0.42

CDS

3.3 ± 2.8*

1.4 ± 1.5

1.3 ± 1.4

1.6 ± 2.1

Women: t = 2.28, p = 0.03

Men: t = −0.45, p = 0.652

Abuse x sex interaction: F = 4.23, df = 1,76, p = 0.04

RBANS total

70.1 ± 13.7

70.4 ± 13.2

75.2 ± 19.6

74.1 ± 16.1

Women: t = 0.04, p = 0.971

Men: t = −0.19, p = 0.847

Abuse x sex interaction: F = 0.02, df = 1,71, p = 0.88

  1. * Signficantly greater value as determined by the abuse x sex interaction